30 years' experience providing psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
PhD in Clinical Social Work (Union Institute & University)
Diplomate in Clinical Social Work (National Association of Social Workers)
Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia
Certificate in Psychoanalysis (Contemporary Relational approach)
Certificate in Group Psychotherapy (Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society)
Certified Group Psychotherapist (International Board for Certification of Group Psychotherapists)
Former Adjunct Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth, Columbia, New York, Fordham and Adelphi University Graduate Schools of Social Work
Former Full-Time Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Psychiatry.
Professional Affiliations:
Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy + Psychoanalysis, Associate Director for Training and Relational Perspectives Study Group Leader
Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society, Anti-Racism Committee
American Psychological Association, Division 39 (Anti-Racism Reading Group), Section 9 (Psychoanalysts for Social Responsibility) and Division 49 (Group Psychotherapy)
American Group Psychotherapy Association
American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work
International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work
National Association of Social Workers, Maryland Chapter
Lebolt, J. (1999). Gay affirmative psychotherapy: A phenomenological study. Clinical Social Work, 24 (4), 355-370.
Lebolt, J. (2002). Pandora’s box: The effect of diagnostic disclosure on a depressed patient. Clinical Social Work, 30 (3), 281-292.
Lebolt, J. (2004). Book Review: Like Subjects, Love Objects: Essays on Recognition and Sexual Difference, by Jessica Benjamin. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33 (2), 176-177.
Lebolt, J. (2020). Washington School of Psychiatry Workshop Summary: Psychotherapy and LGBT Identities: Historical, Clinical and Ethical. Psychiatry,83 (2), 202-203.
Lebolt, J. (2021). Washington School of Psychiatry Workshop Summary: The Role of Race and Racism and Its Impact on Professionals and Communities in the DMV. Psychiatry, 84 (1), 101-102.