Elizabeth Kapstein, LCSW-R, CASAC, EMDR (she/her)
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At ekTherapy we focus on creating a good match for patients seeking a therapy experience that is focused, active, and intense -- particularly those wrestling with addiction, trauma or deeply painful feelings. 

Our focus is to provide you with a model for understanding your difficulties and a proposed plan of action, but also I place a great deal of emphasis on the use of imagery and psychodrama  as I believe that these are extremely effective ways of helping people unleash creativity and to change and heal. 

We offer additional focus on the following areas. You can find a place to focus on how to travel through these areas in your life. 

Career | Development & Transitions
We work with people to manage your choices with career moves. Our career work is thoughtful, investigative and skills-based and it’s tailored to your particular set of considerations to explore your:
  • Career Moves | Formulation
  • Transitions to/from School | Home | Retirement
  • Managing through unemployment
  • Reintegration Pre/Post Military deployment
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.."
Maya Angelou

Addiction | Recovery
Breaking away from addiction often takes courage and support. The treatment of alcoholism and other addictions must be tailored to each individual and includes individual cognitive-behavioral exercises, change readiness coaching, early sobriety and long-term recovery support. 

Our focus to provide a model for understanding the addictive process, managing through impulse pulls and a developing a different focus, with less pain and trauma through the use of: 
  • Imagery 
  • Psychotherapy
  • Motivational Interviewing 
  • Psychodramatic Techniques 
  • Seeking Safety
  • Transformational Chairwork  
Depression | Anxiety | Mindfulness
Managing depression, anxieties and fears often interferes with daily life. My focus in work is active, short-term, and skills-based, and is tailored to you.

The goal is for you to master the tools you need to move about more freely in your life – from place to place and from day to day–without the energy-drain of anxiety symptoms: 
  • Panic 
  • Generalized Anxiety
  • Health Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • Feeling Alone

Stuttering | Disability Communities
Elizabeth co-founded the Manhattan Stuttering Group and Passing Twice, an informal network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender stutterers and their friends. Elizabeth was a member of the adult company of Our Time, a non-profit theater company that uses the arts for people who stutter.  Elizabeth specializes in working compassionately with:
  • Mobility | Communication | Developmental disabilities
  • Adults and teens who stutter
  • Coming out | Self disclosure
  • Modeling acceptable behavior
  • Communication inside family | friendship | school,
  • Defining “communication”
  • Developing frienships | professional relationships
  • Moving from isolation to connection
  • Fear | Shame 
  • Confidence | determination
  • Negotiating education | occupational access
LGBTQ | Poly | Kink Communities
We take take pride in offering a non-judgmental, affirmative space to talk about identities and sexuality. Elizabeth is also a member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and am a participant of Kink Aware Professionals. 

With an understanding of you and for all family members, psychotherapy supports individuals and families of all sexual backgrounds dealing with issues such as coming out, youth sexuality, parenting, gender variance and gender transition. I specialize in working positively with:
  • Gay men | Lesbians | Bisexuals
  • Transgender | Gender queer | Gender nonconforming
  • Families | Friends | Significant others
  • Coming Out issues
  • Transitioning
  • Sexual orientation | Gender identity
  • HIV-related concerns
  • Polyamory | Relationship negotiation
  • Kink & “alternative” lifestyles
  • Online lives

Therapy | Workshops | Supervision

ekapstein.com
elizabeth@ektherapy.com | 917-573-3027

Locations

Virtual & In Office 
New York, NY