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My lifetime of living and working in close collaboration with others informs my process of sharing the hope and joy that positive growth brings.

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My background in the performing and production arts as a facilitator, mediator, and director were held in high esteem bringing my skills of healing, counseling and restoration into the many relationships and systems that I’ve served.

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Psychotherapy

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Therapy for teens and adults who experience conflict, anxiety and mood issues.

Trauma/EMDR

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Single event trauma

Recent event trauma

Developmental trauma

Complex trauma and PTSD

Couples

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“The goal of our work is to help each person in a committed relationship discover a radical acceptance of the other’s “otherness”.”

Grief/Loss

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“Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.” - Oscar Wilde

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who focuses on a broad range of psychotherapeutic issues. I work with teens, adults, and couples. I have extensive training in psychotherapy, couples counseling, trauma therapy, and grief therapy. I completed two years of advanced post graduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the William Alanson White Institute in NYC. I’ve also worked on staff at the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP) in NYC and supervised NYU graduate students.

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Training and Experience:

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  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) (New York)

  • Advanced Post Graduate Training:
    William Alanson White Institute

  • Masters Of Social Work:
    Fordham University

  • Certified in “Exceptional Marriage”
    Couple’s Training

  • Attachment Focused EMDR (levels 1-3)
    Laurel Parnell

  • Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy (ICP)
    Staff Therapist

  • New York University (NYU)
    Supervised NYU Graduate Students (NYU School of Social Work)

  • Grief Work Training
    Francis Weller

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Graduate Fordham University · New York State License 077896

© 2025 Paul Houtkooper, LCSW

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