Steve Hauptman is a Gestalt-trained, Buddhist-flavored therapist who has  practiced on Long Island for twenty years.

He graduated from Adelphi University’s School of Social Work, trained at the Gestalt Center of Long Island, and specializes in a unique control-centered approach  that integrates elements of psychodynamic, Gestalt, cognitive-behavioral and family systems theory in the treatment of anxiety, depression, addictions, dual disorders, codependency and relationship problems.

A leader of Interactive Therapy groups, he is also a cartoonist and creator of the blogs Monkeytraps: A Blog About Control, Monkey House, a forum for discussing control issues, and Bert’s Therapy: Adventures of an Inner Monkey.