Jane Hillis Thayer, Psychotherapist, was born in New York, New York. She graduated from Cornell University in 1952 with a major in psychology, and went on to get a master’s degree in psychology in 1959 and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1969, both from George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Dr. Thayer operated a highly respected private clinical psychotherapy practice in Washington, D.C., from 1959 to 1999, and on Martha’s Vineyard from 2001 to 2014. Dr. Thayer was a member of many Professional and Honorary Societies, and was included in Who’s Who of American Women since the 1980s. She published and presented papers in professional journals, and co-authored a book, Elderescence: The Gift of Longevity, with her daughter, Dr. Peggy Thayer, in 2005.
She was active in and past president of the Martha’s Vineyard Mediation Program, Martha’s Vineyard Unitarian-Universalist Society, Massachusetts Conflict Resolution Organizations, and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) of Washington, D.C., Boston, and Martha’s Vineyard.
Source: The Vineyard Gazette
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