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About UsCarol
CAROL A. SPRANG, MA, RN, 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 Relationship Coach for couples and singles trained 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 trauma, PTSD, chronic illness, and life transition issues. Carol served for several years as the clinical coordinator for The Center: Post Traumatic Disorders Program at The Psychiatric Institute of Washington. 
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 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, with a special interest in using counseling and therapeutic techniques to resolve employment and other business disputes. He has written in the Journal of Imago Relationship Therapy and elsewhere, advocating the use of Imago therapy in resolving workplace disputes. Ken offers the Conscious Dating course for singles and Partners in Life for couples. Ken is a former columnist for The Georgetowner, a local Washington, D.C. newspaper. His Georgetowner column, Visions explored relationship and other life issues for his readers in the Washington, D.C. area. Ken’s past columns and other publications can be found on our Relationship Resources page.
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 an adjunct faculty member at a local university since 1995. She teaches graduate counseling courses related to career and human development. 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, 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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