COST
Fees are reasonable and payable in cash or check.
Bob Kupferman accepts: HIP, GHI, Emblem, Value Options; Cigna; Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
For clients who are members of other plans: A receipt is provided at each visit with appropriate diagnosis and codes to expedite insurance reimbursement to client.
Bob Kupferman’s status as a New York State licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) authorizes sessions to be insurance reimbursable.
Bob Kupferman fulfills the requirements of New York State Insurance Law as a reimbursable psychotherapist.
LICENSE
Bob Kupferman is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in good standing authorized to provide psychotherapy treatment.
See: www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opsc2a?profcd=73&plicno=055508&namechk=KUP
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Psychotherapist: In private practice, Bob has treated over a thousand clients using hypnosis since 1999.
President: New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychology and Hypnosis (NYSEPH). Bob is currently president of the most highly regarded clinical hypnosis training institute in the Metropolitan NYC area.
Training Instructor: New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychology and Hypnosis (NYSEPH): clinical hypnosis instructor since 2009.
Medical Staff Hypnotherapist: St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan (2002-2010).
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Bob was part of a specilized team of trauma experts in the Hospital's
Behavioral Health Department's highly regarded Trauma and Wellness Unit. He treated hundreds of patients
afflicted with trauma including domestic violence and sexual abuse.
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September 11 attack: Bob treated dozens of rescue and recovery workers including police officers,
firefighters, emergency and volunteer workers. Bob was very effective when using hypnosis to reduce the
trauma symptoms of evacuees and those who lost loved ones that day.
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Hurricane Katrina: Bob Kupferman was a member of a select team of medical staff deployed to Louisiana to work
with survivors of
Hurricane Katrina.
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Wounded Warrior Project: Bob was deployed as the hospital's staff hypnotherapist to treat wounded combat
survivors on several military bases under the auspices of the reknown
Wounded Warrior Project.
•At St. Vincent's it had been said many times:
"Hypnosis works, send them to Bob".
EDUCATION and TRAINING
Education Degree
• Columbia University: Master of Science in Social Work
Training Certificates
• New York Hypnosis Institute: Basic hypnosis training
• New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychology and Hypnosis (NYSEPH): Advanced clinical hypnosis
• EMDR Institute: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Basic training
• Albert Ellis Institute: Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavioral: Training in theory and techniques
• St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan: Auricular acupuncture
AFFILIATIONS
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New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis (NYSEPH): President
See:
www.NYSEPH.org/final%20Referral%20page.html
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American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH): Member and certified in clinical hypnosis
See:
www.ASCH.net/Public/CertificationInformation/FindCertified/Professioals/tabid/Default.aspx
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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Medical Reserve Corps: On call volunteer rescue
worker skilled to provide psychological first aid during incidents of mass emergency.