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Steve Hauptman, L.C.S.W.

Steve Hauptman, L.C.S.W.

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Steve Hauptman, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Mount Sinai, NY. He writes and teaches the Monkeytraps framework, a model of compulsive control and emotional self-regulation developed across several books and clinical articles over three decades of practice. More at https://stevehauptman.com.

Dancing with Clients: When Helping Becomes Something Else
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Dancing with Clients: When Helping Becomes Something Else

Internship Like many therapists I know, I began my internship in grade school. I grew up in a dysfunctional family. Dad was an alcoholic; Mom was depressed. While they were together, they fought. After they divorced, their illnesses intensified. My childhood was anxious and confusing, like swimming in water with a strong undertow, always at […]

Steve Hauptman, L.C.S.W.

Steve Hauptman, L.C.S.W.

October 5, 2026

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