Professional Training & Education
Psychoanalytic Expertise
Supervising Child and Adult Psychoanalyst
International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training Program, International Psychotherapy Institute, 2018
Child Psychoanalytic Training - International Psychotherapy Institute, 2018
Adult Psychoanalytic Training - International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training Program, International Psychotherapy Institute, 2011
Post-Doctoral Training
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship - Children’s National Medical Center & George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., 2000
Community Medicine Residency - University of MB, Canada, 1995
Psychiatry Residency - University of MB, Canada, 1993
Post-graduate Training - Washington School of Psychiatry, DC, 1992
Medical Education
Medical Education - University of MB, Canada, 1988, M.D.
Undergraduate - University of Wpg, Canada, 1983
Undergraduate - Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, 1981
Board Certifications & Fellowships
Certified by the American Board of Psychoanalysis - 2018-Present
Board Certified, Child Psychiatry - 2001-Present
Board Certified, Adult Psychiatry - 2000-Present
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - 1993
Current Positions
Clinical Practice
Child and Adult Psychoanalyst and Psychiatrist, Bethesda - Maryland & online
Leadership Roles
Executive Director -
International Psychotherapy Institute
Secretary -
American Psychoanalytic Association
Chair, Psychoanalysis in the Community Committee - American Psychoanalytic Association
Member, Board of Directors -
American Psychoanalytic Association and International Psychotherapy Institute
Member, Social Issues Department -
American Psychoanalytic Association
Chair of Overseas Training Programs -
International Psychotherapy Institute
Board Member, International Editorial Advisory Board -
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, Karnac Books, U.K.
Board Member, International Editorial Advisory Board -
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China, Karnac Books, U.K.
Founder and Leader of an International Town Hall Project relating to wartime atrocities -
International Psychotherapy Institute
Co-Founder, Safe Harbor Project: Building Bridges of Understanding, an outreach project to frontline responders in Ukraine
Teaching, Presenting & Supervising
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry -
Georgetown Medical School
Faculty -
International Psychotherapy Institute
Supervising Child Analyst, Combined Child Program -
International Psychotherapy Institute
Supervising Adult Analyst, International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training -
International Psychotherapy Institute
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychiatry -
Uniformed Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Chair/Presenter, Stuart Twemlow Psychoanalysis in the Community Symposium -
American Psychoanalytic Association
Co-Founder, Co-Chair/Presenter: Discussion Group:
Enriching Adult Analytic Work by Child Analytic Training and Practice, American Psychoanalytic Association
Research & Publications
For list a of research and publications, please view the Publications Page at carolinesehon.com
Select Past Positions
Clinical Practice
Psychiatrist, Jewish Social Service Agency, Gaithersburg, MD (2003-2004)
Psychotherapist and Psychiatrist, Private Practice (1993-Present)
Consultant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Bethesda, MD (2003-2005)
Staff Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC (2000-2003)
Child Psychiatrist, Chestnut Lodge Hospital, Rockville, MD (2000)
Consultant Psychiatrist, Community and Mental Health Services Division, Manitoba Government, Canada (1995-98)
Primary Care Physician, Dept. of Emergency, Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (1989)
Leadership Roles
Executive Committee Director, American Psychoanalytic Association (2022-2024)
Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis Committee Member, International Psychoanalytical Association (2017-2021)
Board Member, International Association of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, Paris, France (2014-2018)
President, Consortium for Psychoanalytic Research (2012-2014)
Board Trustee and Chair, Standing Committee on Accreditation, Accreditation Council for Psychoanalytic Education
President, Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Society of Greater Washington DC (2009-2010)
Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Program, Georgetown University Medical Center (2003-2008)
Director, IPI Washington DC Metro Program of International Psychotherapy Institute
Chair, International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training Program (2017-2019), International Psychotherapy Institute
Teaching, Presenting & Supervising
Chair, International Teleanalysis Clinical Research Group, International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training, International Psychotherapy Institute (2015-2019)
Co-chair, Competency-based Psychoanalytic Supervision Seminar, International Psychotherapy Institute
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine (2007-2019)
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine (2004-2007)
Credentials, Awards & Honors
- Award, Second Prize in the Psychoanalytic Assistance in Emergencies and Crises category, International Psychoanalytical Association in the Community and the World Awards (2025)
- Awarded two grants from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation Committee (APF), for the following initiatives: 2024 - The International Town Hall project received $3,000 through the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) 2025 - The Safe Harbor Project received $5,000 through x Funding for both initiatives has been provided by the American Psychoanalytic Foundation through the American Psychoanalytic Association
- Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2013–Present)
- Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association(2012–Present)
- Mentor of the Year Award, Second Year Child Psychiatry Fellowship Program, National Capital Consortium of Psychiatry Fellowship Programs, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (2002)
