STEPS - Stress & Trauma Evaluation and Psychological Services

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STEPS is a trauma-focused mental health practice serving adults, children, adolescents, families, and organizations across New York and Maryland with additional virtual services available in multiple states. The practice specializes in trauma therapy and PTSD treatment, providing evidence-based care tailored to individual needs and experiences. They offer both in-person and virtual appointments and serve diverse populations including LGBTQIA+ individuals.

The practice operates from a trauma-informed perspective grounded in cultural humility and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Their approach integrates multiple therapeutic frameworks including psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral models, and insight-oriented thinking. They emphasize honoring the lived experiences of marginalized communities, building organizational cultures of care, and fostering safe environments for healing and growth. Treatment is personalized around each client's strengths, needs, and unique background.

Services include:

• Individual therapy for adults and adolescents using evidence-based approaches
• Relationship and family therapy for couples, polycules, families, and business partners
• Specialized PTSD treatment including treatment for moral injury, childhood trauma, intergenerational trauma, and complex trauma
• Child and adolescent therapy using trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and art therapy
• Grief therapy for recent and prolonged grief
• Trauma and mental health evaluations, including forensic evaluations for trauma victims and immigration/asylum evaluations
• Organizational consulting focused on cultural change, equity, diversity, and inclusion integration
• Continuing education credits and workshops on trauma therapy, sociopolitical roots of psychological distress, and related topics