Howard Z. Lorber, CSW, Psychotherapist and Anthropologist

(917) 710-7578 Psychotherapy hzl@allbluescounseling.com

Howard Z. Lorber, Lcsw

Psychotherapist & Anthropologist

Stonehenge©

Individual and Couple Psychotherapy for Adults

Professional Supervision and Workshops

Computer Training and Office Automation Consultation

Consulting and Specialty Services for Business

Specialized Treatment for Creative People & Alternative Lifestyles

Q & A, Stories of those I've helped and Technical writings

I originally trained & worked as an Anthropologist before re-training to become a Psychotherapist. My work facilitates a person's location in the world of everyday life and in their own history. I have worked extensively to reduce unproductive conflict in individuals, couples and small groups & businesses (I've even treated a rock & roll group's rehearsal conflicts). As an anthropologist, I am sensitive to and respectful of alternative cultures, lifestyles and beliefs as well as cross-cultural assimilation struggles. After all, one culture's "magical thinking" is another's access to the world; one person's "distortion" is another's central organizing principle. I work with abusers and the abused -- physical, sexual and emotional -- as well as victims of incest, assault and loss of freedom for political, social & other beliefs and lifestyles. My style is centered on the needs of the person(s) with me and on facilitating their life's journey.

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."

Ursula K. Le Guin

In view of the powerful events experienced in the USA on 11 September, 2001, I've included a new article in the Writings section. It is entitled Coping With Powerful Events.

211 West 56th Street, 16H, New York, NY 10019

(917) 710-7578 hzl@allbluescounseling.com

License: LCSW R-035068-1

Treatment Specialties

Individual Issues:

Anxiety, panic attacks, stress, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Depression and mood disorders
Substance abuse, sexual compulsion and ‘acting-out’
Abuse – sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse
Incest and rape recovery
Intimacy and commitment blockages
Guilt and shame
Reactions to entry to middle age (‘mid-life crisis’)

Couple Issues:

Family conflict
Domestic violence
Relationship conflict
Trust
Adultery
Sexual "acting-out"

Additional Specialty Issues:

For those in the arts:

Writer’s block and blockages to creativity
Treatment for Actors, Artists, Musicians and Writers
Fear of playing
Rehearsal blocks and difficulties
Conflicts in performance/rehearsal groups

Alternative lifestyles:

Sexual and gender alternative lifestyles

Religious and spiritual alternative lifestyles & beliefs

Adjustments to ‘coming out’ into an alternative lifestyle

Family censure, conflict, rejection and false acceptance

Adjustrment to alternative religion, inter-racial/inter-religious marriage

Specialties for Clinicians

Supervision

Psychoanalytic Supervision:

British Object Relations with emphasis on Fairbairn, Guntrip and Winnicott. Issues of countertransference. Also emphasized are impact of cultural and historical processes on individuals treated and treatment personnel.

Domestic Violence, Family Conflict Supervision:

Dynamics of conflict and violence, legal issues, safety issues, report writing for courts & agencies. Practice issues for private and small group practitioners: insurance, safety, confidentiality and the law.

Cross-cultural Psychotherapy:

Dynamics of culture and personality, issues of assimilation, disentangling culturally appropriate behavior from another cultural context from the neurotic/psychotic spectrum in our American context. Working with myths, folk tales and legends: psychotherapist as anthropologist with a ‘village of one’ or with a small group.

Computer Training and Office Automation Consultation

Hardware: advice on system purchases or upgrades, furniture, and office set-up
Software: advice on program purchases, installation and basic instruction, program integration
Office automation: working toward the paperless office using scanning, fax modems, e-mail and computer based electronic communications processes
The Internet: using the Web and e-mail productively, links, research, chat rooms, marketing, and more
Web Page Design: Developing, Designing and Publishing Practice and Personal Web Pages
Specialized Knowledge of Psychotherapists' Needs: Integrating programs for practice mamagement, working with and automating forms, electronic claims, research & publishing, and more

Individual andCouple Psychotherapy for Adults

Professional Supervision and Workshops

Computer Training and Office Automation Consultation

Consulting and Specialty Services for Business

Specialized Treatment for Creative People & Alternative Lifestyles

Howard Z. Lorber, Lcsw

Psychotherapist & Anthropologist

211 West 56th Street, 16H, New York, NY 10019

(917) 710-7578 hzl@allbluescounseling.com