Dr. Jan Owens-Lane
Dr. Jan Owens-Lane is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience in treating patients in both group practice and her own private practice in Hamden, Connecticut until 9/2020. Her specialties included treatment of anxiety disorders, disabilities/health issues with a cognitive behavioral approach. She also had a Management Consulting business providing tailored presentations to churches and organizations. Her academic work included both Adjunct Professor at Southern CT State University Graduate School of Social Work and Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
She has written articles including Depression: The Forbidden Voice Among African American Women, Is Spirituality the Forbidden Voice in Treatment? Further, Dr. Owens-Lane has developed her own relaxation recording. She has received numerous awards from the Connecticut Psychological Association (CPA), American Psychological Association (APA) and her local community for leadership, mentoring and advocacy. Among her major accomplishments is President of CPA and the first person of color to be elected President in the history of this organization. Under her leadership, Dr. Owens-Lane advanced diversity in the State Association and communities of Connecticut. She is Founder and former Chair of the Ethnic Diversity Task Force (EDTF) of CPA and received the first diversity award from APA’s Division 31. MindStylz was founded by Dr. Jan and other EDTF psychologists in collaboration with hairstylists and barbers in New Haven, CT where mental health education to hairstylists and barbers in their shops was the mission. As of 2023, the focus has shifted from mental health education in hair salons and barbershops to cosmetology and barber training schools (systemic approach) with the evolution of Mind Styling, and work with an extraordinary Mind Styling Team: Dr. Mikaru Lasher, Lena Stefano, B.A. and Andrew VanOrden, A.S. Mind Styling: A Mental Health Guide for Hairstylists and Barbers with Multicultural Considerations (publication 2026).
Dr. Jan has been honored by CPA with the renaming of the EDTF Scholarship Fund to the Dr. Jan Owens-Lane Mentoring Scholarship. Dr. Jan resides in Silver Spring, Maryland, however she remains active with EDTF and CPA.