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About UsCarol
CAROL A. SPRANG, MA, RNC, LCPC, has been a practicing psychotherapist in Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as the Greater Washington area since 1992. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Psychiatric Nurse. Carol’s passion is working with clients to heal, nurture, and strengthen relationships. Her clients speak often of her warmth and the sense of safety that she creates in working with them. She is a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and a licensed Relationship Coach for couples and singles licensed by the Relationship Coaching Institute. Prior to moving to the Washington, DC area in 2000, Carol pioneered a disease management program for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Medical School, providing consultation to primary care physicians for the evaluation and treatment of depression. Her professional practice includes, in addition to Imago Relationship therapy, a special interest in grief work (including infertility issues), trauma, chronic illness, and life transition issues. She also has extensive experience working with homebound clients, and offers Home Based Counseling Services. Carol is the clinical coordinator for The Center: Post Traumatic Disorders Program at The Psychiatric Institute of Washington and has also served as its Director of Staff Development. She is an active member of the East Coast Sage Circle of Women Within, an international organization that helps women to find their voice and reclaim the wholeness of womanhood. 
Ken
KENNETH A. SPRANG, MA, JD, has been facilitating couples communication and growth groups since the early 1970’s, when he began leading groups based on Transactional Analysis theory. He is a clinically trained Imago coach and educator, and a trained mediator and arbitrator. Ken is also trained and licensed by the Relationship Coaching Institute as a singles and couples relationship coach. In addition, he has done graduate work in clinical social work. Ken is also a lawyer and law professor, with a special interest in using counseling and therapeutic techniques to resolve employment and other business disputes. He consults with businesses, particularly family and closely-held businesses, regarding conflict-resolution and problem solving in both business and labor and employment matters. He has written in the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy and elsewhere, advocating the use of Imago therapy in resolving workplace disputes. Ken also works as a divorce coach, parent coordinator or coach, and divorce mediator. Ken is a columnist for The Georgetowner, a local Washington, D.C. newspaper. His Georgetowner column, Visions explores relationship and other life issues for his readers in the Washington, D.C. area. Ken’s columns and other publications can be found on our Relationship Resources page.
John
JOHN BECKER, Ph.D., together with his late wife Dr. Harriet Kramer Becker, founded SinglesToSoulmates® in the late 1990’s, with a vision of helping singles to find their soulmate and build a lasting, loving life together as a couple. John is a Clinical Psychologist licensed in both Florida and Maryland. He is also a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist and a relationship coach, with specialized training in helping singles and couples, as well as families, develop the quality relationships of their dreams. John’s work is complemented by his extensive training in the healing relationships among mind/body and spirit. He has been on The Shalem Institute's Program Staff where he has led workshops on "Psychology and Spirituality," "Healing," "The Single Life as a Spiritual Journey," and "Marriage as a Spiritual Journey. John also offers Life-Success-Coaching, which provides a process that helps people systematically take action steps towards achieving their ideal life vision, in a manner consistent with their deepest values. John, joined by Carol, has begun a new program known as HealingForUs, to provide support and counseling to those who are experiencing chronic or terminal illness as well as their family and caretakers. In this work John brings his advanced clinical training in behavioral medicine, as well as personal experience of dealing with the impact of serious illness in his family of origin and in his marriage to Dr. Harriet Kramer Becker. John brings over 35 years of experience to his work.
BarbaraBARBARA A. KINNEY, Ph.D. is a career development specialist and coach as well as a personal and life coach. She has been in private practice as a psychotherapist and coach in the Washington area since 1995. Her work is informed by a diverse and rich career that ranges from Peace Corps service in West Africa to university teaching and research. Barbara has been a member of the faculty of Marymount University for nearly ten years. There she teaches courses in human development and career development counseling and coaching. Barbara also has significant experience in human resource, management, organizational development, project management, program development/evaluation, and adult education and training. In addition to her doctorate in developmental psychology, Barbara has completed advanced degrees and training in, counseling, pastoral counseling, human systems, spiritual direction, and career/life assessment. Barbara brings a developmental and psychoeducational approach to her work. She recognizes the important role that a client’s career and career decisions play in the client’s life. Consequently, she helps clients look at the “big picture” of their lives, and seeks to facilitate clients’ personal as well as professional growth and development. Using tools such as future visioning, life path planning, and life skills development, she helps clients to develop a comfortable and healthful integration of their personal and work lives, as well as to develop and pursue their personal and professional goals. Our AssociatesR. Arnold Bruhn, Ph.D., completed both his undergraduate and graduate work at Duke University, and he has served on the faculties of Duke University, the George Washington University, and the George Washington University Medical School. He has achieved international recognition for his work in autobiographical memory, and has developed Cognitive-Perceptual theory, the first personality theory to focus on how personality contributes to the operation of memory. He consults internationally with individuals and groups regarding autobiographical memory, and offers workshops in various settings on the interpretation of memory, the use of memory work in therapy, and the use of memory groups with substance abusing offenders. Dr. Bruhn works with individuals, couples, and families.
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