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what they are saying...

“Lynne has that too rare capacity to stand in the awkward, and often dark, pain of a patient. While residing there she can empathize, guide, getting her hands dirty...not only with chalk or paint...but with the grief and trauma exuded from the soul she's guiding in that moment. She isn't thrown by humanity's darkness, nor is she immune from it. She is resilient, bold, and creative as she leads. Such golden and gifted eccentricity is too rare in the mental health field that often plods when a patient needs to fly.”

“Lynne was always able to give herself in such a way as to make each patient feel safe and nurtured. Because of her warmth and sensitivity, her patients quickly recognized the genuine concern, interest and respect she had for them. Her empathic style, combined with her ability to maintain therapeutic boundaries, enabled them to risk revealing and exploring traumatic experiences and difficult emotional material in ways that facilitated movement toward psychological health.”

“Part of why my association with Lynne is so enlightening...is that she never flags in her attention to the visual world around her, its meaning and its impact. A simple walk or drive becomes an analysis of architecture, traffic patterns, hand gestures, commercial signage, storefront displays, the way adolescents bunch together, the way elderly people use shopping carts, the way women wear accessories, the way stores display those accessories to women. No one I know goes as far as Lynne in understanding the seamless continuum between image and impact.”

“I have spoken [already] to Ms. Beldegreen’s intellectual and work strengths. Interpersonally, she is extremely warm, humane, and caring. She establishes rapport easily, even in moments of great difficulty and distress. She is someone that I automatically think to involve when confronted by hostile, frightened, or very guarded individuals. Her interpersonal skills and understanding are highly developed and astute, and others benefit greatly from [their] engagement with her.”