
Karen Gelstein
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CSAT


Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $250
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Venmo, VisaInsurance
- Out of Network

Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New York / 084605-1 Karen Gelstein
- Attended Fordham University; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
- Membership with EMDRA 2021
- Certificate from International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) 2013
- Certificate from Parnell Institute for EMDR -Parts 1, 2,3 & EMDRIA 2018
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Sexual Addiction
- Codependency
Expertise
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dual Diagnosis
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Love Addiction
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Video Game Addiction
Client Focus
Age
Participants
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Participants
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Experiential Therapy
- Family Systems
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Relational
- Somatic
- Trauma Focused
Groups
New: Betrayed Partners Group - Jan 31st, 2025

This 12-week, virtual, psycho-ed group provides a safe place to help betrayed partners work through the grief and devastation that accompanies discovery of sexual betrayal. As partners join together to talk about shared experiences, it helps to reduce the shame and pain that comes along with betrayal. The group also focuses on skill building and helpful tools to empower partners to regain control, learn to trust their own intuition and find inner safety. Topics covered include Understanding Complex Trauma, the Different types of Gas Lighting, Utilizing Anger in Productive Ways, Cultivating an authentic self, as examples.
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Group Meets
Location
220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
New: Men's Intimacy Group, Starts Jan 29th, 2025

The Men’s Intimacy Group is a virtual, 12-week group for men who are already on a healing journey from out of control sexual behavior and are interested in delving deeper into the parts of them that looked for soothing either through transactional sex, porn, affairs, emotional affairs, reliance on flirting and intriguing for a continual stream of outside validation, as examples. If you identify with any of these behaviors, have traction towards sexual sobriety, and are ready to be curious, then this group may be for you!
Group Meets
Location
Primary Location
Karen Gelstein, LCSW
220 Fifth Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(646) 791-2775Email me
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