Elizabeth Kapstein, LCSW-R, CASAC, EMDR

Difficult feelings can be a gateway for personal growth. I am an interactive therapist who listens carefully and shares my perspective. Therapy with me is an opportunity to explore and better understand your thoughts and feelings, to make sense of your experiences and experiment with new ways of being, and to try new things to figure out together what helps. I will make suggestions for things you can try, but I will rely on you and your experiences to be the true test of whether something works. I want you to feel better, grow and thrive.

As a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and Certified Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC), I have been practicing psychotherapy since 2006. I have years of experience working in community clinics and health organizations with individuals, couples, and groups. 

In addition to my private psychotherapy practice, I have worked at Harlem United, Guidance Center for Mental Health, Post Graduation Center for Mental Health, Henry Street Settlement House, and TRI Center, The Recovery Center. I am also an alumni and mentor in the National Health Service Corp.

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Specialties

Self-esteem
Feeling “stuck”
Anxiety | Panic
Family dynamics
Anger | Resolution
Career | Life transitions

Depression
Grief | Loss
Shame | Guilt
Living with Disabilities
Couples | Relationships 
Mediation | Negotiation

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Education

Licensed Clinical Social Worker | NY 077436
Certified Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor | NY 21573
Certified Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing | EMDR
Bachelors of Science | Community Organizing & Gerontology | University of Maryland
Masters of Clinical Social Work | New York University

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Training

• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, Level I Therapist, EMDR Institute
  
• Foundations in Family Therapy, Ackerman Institute for Family Health
  
• Post-Masters Certificate in Clinical Approaches to Addictions, New York University
  
• Post-Masters Certificate in Executive Not-for-Profit Management, New York University
  
• Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Certifiicate Program, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy
  
• Transformational Chairwork, Scott Kellogg, PhD
  

Affiliations

• Friends, National Association for Young People Who Stutter
  
• Kink Aware Professionals
• International Association for Social Work with Groups
  
• National Association of Social Workers
  
• National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
  
• National Health Service Corps
  
• National Stuttering Association
  
• Our Time, Helping Kids Who Stutter Since 2001
  
• Passing Twice, An Informal Network of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons Who Stutter & Their Friends
  
• Society for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

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Groups | Workshops

• Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
  
• Friends, National Association for Young People Who Stutter
  
• National Stuttering Association
  
• Passing Twice, An Informal Network of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and    Transgender Persons Who Stutter & Their Friends
  

Presentations | Workshops

• Clinical Group Practice with HIV+ Men over 50, International Association for Social Work with Groups,  Revitalizing our Heritage; A Bridge to the Future, June 2013
  
• Mental Health and Stuttering; a Training for Clinicians, Institute for Family Health, June 2012
  
• Mobile Mental Health Program, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Institute; Mobile Mental Health Conference, October 2011
  

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"Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (20th-Century Poet)

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