Who We Are
As independent practitioners who offer psychotherapy as a ministry and professional service to persons of all religious faiths and backgrounds, we are dedicated to navigating the challenging and sometimes painful process of human growth with those we serve. Please scroll down and get to know us. Talking helps!
*Lucinda Antrim, LCSW, LP, is a licensed psychoanalyst and clinical social worker with experience working with adolescents, adults, couples, and groups. Lucinda's listening attitude is nourished by membership in the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), where she has served her community in a variety of pastoral capacities. She is on the faculty of the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute and is a former member of the Blanton-Peale Pastoral Care and Counseling Program faculty. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP).
After working in public administration, Lucinda completed a Masters in Social Work at Fordham University and psychoanalytic training at the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute, with further training at the Object Relations Institute and the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society. In addition to her New York City practice, she has a private practice in Westchester County, New York. A member of a variety of professional organizations, in her work she finds that the new is always emerging as she helps people move toward healing.
*Craig Canfield, LP. After completing doctoral credits in European Cultural History at Rutgers, Craig taught history at the university level. He then attended and graduated from Blanton-Peale Institute and now is a licensed psychoanalyst in New York State. He also has a practice at the Jersey shore. He is willing to see anyone who is sincere about their desire to confront obstacles currently sabotaging their potential lives. He is a published poet and devoted yoga practitioner who also enjoys working with writers, artists, and dancers who are experiencing blocks, binds, and tangles which impede their creative work. He brings a Jungian orientation and concern for the awakening and development of soul to his practice. Couples are welcome.
*Joan Guevara, MSW, M.Div., BCCC, is a licensed social worker, board certified clinical chaplain, pastoral counselor, and trained psychotherapist with 25 years experience in individual, family, and group therapy. She is also trained as an Advanced Bereavement Facilitator and Counselor and as a Critical Incident Stress Management Facilitator and Counselor. She is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). a student in the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Program, and a doctoral candidate. Joan facilitates, inspires, and motivates people to maximize their potential and achieve their goals.
*Kirton J. Lashley, M.Div., is a psychoanalytically-trained pastoral counselor who has over thirty years experience working with couples and individuals, including those caught in the throes of addiction. His work with addictions includes: an understanding of how sex addiction makes life unmanageable; the addictive cycle; the importance of self-care and discovering the psychic energies that drive the addictions; forgiving and making amends; and healthy responses to change and crises. His non-anxious, non-judgmental presence is a product of his pursuit of the presence of God in the therapeutic environment and facilitates new perspectives for living. These perspectives provide the new psychic energies that help you to live a better quality of life, loving and working with a measure of joy and peace.
Kirton completed his undergraduate degree at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. He completed a diploma in ministerial studies at United Theological College of the West Indies and his masters of divinity at Drew Theological Seminary, New Jersey. Kirton participated in the Blanton-Peale Pastoral Care and Counseling Program and completed four years of psychoanalytic training at the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute.
