About Dr. George Mecouch, DO
With over 40 years of experience as a board-certified psychiatrist and therapist, I help adults navigate life’s challenges with compassion, depth, and insight. My approach to healing is an integrated one, considering the biological, psychological, and social factors that may contribute to the suffering clients bring to me. As a private practice psychiatrist, my interventions vary according to each person’s unique needs, with a specialty in dream work and supportive/expressive psychodynamic therapy.
I offer in-person sessions in Sisters, Oregon, and online therapy for clients throughout Oregon and Washington. My work centers on helping people rediscover meaning, purpose, and hope in their daily lives.
My Approach to Care
My therapeutic style is warm and grounded, creating a safe, nonjudgmental space to explore experiences, uncover patterns, and develop new ways of relating to yourself and the world. As both a therapist and psychiatrist, I support adults seeking help for concerns such as depression, anxiety, grief, personality disorders, and emotional distress. Medication interventions and management are also used when appropriate. Many clients come to me feeling stuck or overwhelmed, and my approach supports both immediate relief and long-term psychological growth.
Professional Background & Training
I bring over 40 years of clinical experience in both psychiatry and depth-oriented psychotherapy. I completed my residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and am board certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Advanced training in Jungian Psychotherapy at the Chicago Jung Institute deepened my expertise in dream work and symbolic processes. I am also a Diplomate of the School of Process Oriented Psychology in Portland, Oregon, which informs my work with body experiences and emotional process. This combination of medical and depth-oriented training allows me to offer a thoughtful and comprehensive approach to healing.
Published Books & Articles
Book
While Psychiatry Slept: Reawakening the Imagination in Therapy (2018)
In my book While Psychiatry Slept, I explore the essential role of imagination and dreams in healing, and how these inner experiences have often been overlooked in much of modern psychiatric practice. Drawing from decades of clinical experience, I share fictionalized stories that show how the imagination reveals itself through nighttime dreams, physical symptoms, hallucinations, delusions, and synchronicity. My goal was to offer a more soulful approach to psychiatry—one that honors the symbolic life and returns psychotherapy to its original purpose: “therapy of the soul.” This book is ideal for clinicians, students of depth psychology, and anyone interested in the creative, imaginative dimensions of the human experience.
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Articles & Publications
Across my published articles, I explore themes related to imagination, dreams, symbolic processes, and depth-oriented psychotherapy. My writing examines how these elements appear in clinical work, and how psychotherapy can move beyond symptom reduction to support meaningful psychological transformation. Topics include acute psychosis, creativity, patterns, and the deeper, often symbolic layers of a person’s experience.
Mad in America:
While Psychiatry Slept: Part II
Psychiatric Times:
Psychological Perspectives (CG Jung Institute of Los Angeles):
Process Oriented Psychology Journal:
A Night in Jung’s Alembic (Winter 2001, Volume 8, Number 2)
Other Publications:
Al de Half’s Separate Reality: Thoughts on Methods of Treatment in Acute Psychosis
Salome and The Storytelling Mind (Voyages in Psychotherapy, an Online Journal, Issue 2, Summer 2014)
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