about dr. meinecke

Christine Meinecke received a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas in 1983.  She interned at Colorado State University Counseling Center and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.  

Dr. Meinecke practiced in Des Moines, Iowa, for thirty years.  Prior to entering private practice, she worked in hospital mental health settings.  She has taught psychology and psychotherapy classes to undergraduates, graduate students, and medical residents.

She is also a playwright.  Her full-length, comedic play, Flutter the Dovecotes, was the 2009 winner of the Iowa Playwrights Workshop competition and was premiered by Tallgrass Theatre Company in January 2010.  For more information about Flutter the Dovecotes click "works" tab. 

For thirty-plus years, she has practiced yoga and taught yoga classes in various settings.

She met her beloved wrong person while both were graduate students at University of Kansas.  They have been married thirty-three years.