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In her breakthrough revelations about intimacy, Psychologist Dr. Patricia Webbink demonstrates that in the dance of love, all of us have our own “intimacy pattern,” a repeating constellation of behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that emerges when we enter close relationships, a pattern that makes or breaks many intimate partnerships.
As a licensed psychologist of forty years, Dr. Webbink has helped people from all walks of life and intimacy patterns. She assists people to better understand themselves and their partners utilizing the stinger-clinger model, and in Stingers and Clingers in the Dance of Love, Dr. Webbink brings this practical wisdom to many more.
Called a “master therapist” by bestselling author John Bradshaw, Dr. Webbink is committed to helping people develop fulfilling relationships in their personal and professional lives. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duke University in 1974 and is the director of an extensive private psychotherapy practice. Over its forty-two years of operation, Dr. Webbink has assisted couples, groups, families, and individuals on their paths to healing and self-discovery.
In 1986, she published her first book, The Power of the Eyes, with Springer Publishing Company. A comprehensive, scholarly treatise on visual communication, it was adopted as a monthly selection by the Behavioral Science Book Club. The Intimacy Dance of Stingers and Clingers (Amazon Books, 2011), Stingers and Clingers in the Dance of Love: Ten Steps to a Harmonious Relationship, (Create Space, 2013) and Dance of Love, Ten Steps to Harmonious Relationships, Ingrahm Sparks, 2015bring a fresh and powerfully helpful perspective into the canon of relationship self-help.
Speaking on a wide range of topics, Dr. Webbink has appeared on national and local TV shows, among them The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Sally Jesse Raphael, The Jane Whitney Show, The Nightly News with Steve Gendell, and Good Morning America. She has often been featured on radio, including Voice of America in three languages.
She has taught workshops and seminars throughout the U.S. and across the globe, taking her to Canada, China, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Denmark, England, France, Spain, Germany, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, and Norway.
Dr. Patricia Webbink has a beautiful office situated in an idyllic, wooded setting next to a stream t in Bethesda, Maryland. She also is the director of a large private practice with offices throughout D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Her goal is to help clients develop new and improved understandings of themselves and their relationships. Her therapy approach ranges from brief and crisis-oriented to in-depth and long-term treatment. Dr. Webbink treats anxiety and depression, as well as relationship and intimacy issues. She is an experienced practitioner of insight-oriented psychotherapy, spiritual counseling, guided imagery through music, and also conducts psychological testing for all ages, as needed. She helps people manage conflict, grief, ADHD and works with Adult Children of Alcoholics and gifted children.Other specialties include women's issues, weight loss, and smoking cessation She is fluent in Spanish and French, and she has a working knowledge of German. She often does work with Japanese clients, with the aid of a translator.
Described as compassionate, innovative, accepting, and holistic, Dr. Webbink has also conducted national and international workshops in several languages on various topics including overcoming difficulties, realizing greater potential, becoming more self-confident, and promoting well-being. In addition to helping individuals, couples and families in psychotherapy, Dr. Webbink also works with businesses, private groups, government agencies and non-profit organizations.
Dr. Webbink is listed in Who’s Who in American Women, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who of American Health Care Providers. Dr. Webbink has served as a consultant to government, private agencies, and to various Washington, DC area schools.
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