FEATURED AUTHOR
Craig Haen
I am a psychotherapist, author, and professor with interests in the treatment of trauma, child and adolescent mental health, gender acquisition and development, integrative approaches to therapy, group therapy, and psychotherapy process research.
Subjects: Adolescent Studies, Education, Gender & Sexuality
Biography
Craig Haen, Ph.D., RDT, CGP, LCAT, FAGPA has a private psychotherapy practice working with children, adolescents, adults and families in White Plains, NY. He serves as Adjunct Faculty in the department of applied psychology and the graduate drama therapy program at New York University, and in the expressive therapies doctoral program at Lesley University, teaching courses in both clinical practice and research. He co-founded as serves as Program Director for the Kint Institute, which offers post-Masters clinical training in the arts and trauma treatment.Dr. Haen has extensive experience working with youth, adults, and families in shelters, community centers, hospitals, residential facilities, schools, and on Native American reservations. For 15 years, he worked as a clinician and supervisor in mental health agencies and hospitals.
He has presented trainings and published clinical papers internationally, and is the recipient of the 2014 Research Award from the North American Drama Therapy Association. In addition, he is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, where he co-chairs the Child & Adolescent Special Interest Group and the Community Outreach Task Force, a group that responds to trauma events in diverse communities.
Education
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MA, New York University, 1999
PhD, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, 2013
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Trauma
Attachment Theory
Group Therapy
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
Gender
Process Research
Drama Therapy
Arts-Based Psychotherapy Approaches