Lee D. Kassan, M.A.

04/11/2023

FREE Couple Therapy Training DVDs/Manual -- just pay postage.
It's 2 DVDs totaling two and a half hours of teaching the model and 4 role plays plus a manual, which is a transcript of the DVDs plus explanations for my interventions.
I have a number left over and would like people to have them.

Here are some endorsements from the back of the book:

“Lee Kassan is a thoughtful, senior couple therapist who presents the theory and techniques he has developed over thirty years. He begins with a theoretical presentation, and then these concepts are demonstrated via role-plays. A wonderful way to quickly comprehend a powerful means of working with couples.”
J. Scott Rutan, PhD, CGP, DFAGPA, Co-Founder and Senior Faculty, Boston Institute for Psychotherapy; Past President, AGPA.

"Lee Kassan gives an excellent, articulate, clear enunciation of the major principles of couple therapy. The first role-play gives a flavor of what he does, and there’s a lovely way in which he takes in and validates what each partner says. It’s clear that he’s developed his own distinctive, effective approach. I’ve learned some good things from this video."
Daniel Wile, PhD, Author, After the Honeymoon

"This video and its accompanying study guide are a must-have for anyone interested in a practical, concise way to apply attachment theory to couple therapy. Kassan provides a rich conceptual scaffolding for understanding the role that attachment theory and attachment styles play in the interpersonal dynamics of intimate relationships."
Philip J Flores, PhD, ABPP, CGP, FAGPA, Author, Addiction as an Attachment Disorder

"This combination study guide and DVD offers a definite contribution to the field of couple therapy. Using unscripted role-plays, Kassan demonstrates in a very clear way his method for helping the couple identify the underlying fears in their relationship that prevent them from achieving greater attachment and deeper intimacy. Kassan’s articulation of the six Rules of Engagement for the couple offers the therapist welcome guidance about practical ways to intervene in the office. Moreover, in addition to the role plays, the reader is treated to extensive question-and-answer sessions in which Kassan intelligently outlines his model."
Joseph Shay, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Co-author, Psychodynamic Group Psychotherapy; Co-editor, Complex Dilemmas in Psychotherapy and Odysseys in Psychotherapy

Go to my website www.leekassan.com where you can order a copy.

Lee D. Kassan, M.A., is a licensed psychoanalyst, licensed mental health counselor and certified group therapist located in New York (Manhattan).

11/23/2022

I will be offering a consultation/training/process group for early-career professionals interested in group therapy. The group will run Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:30 AM (Eastern time) on Zoom. Because this is not a therapy group, members may join from any location. Hours in the consultation portion will apply toward the Certified Group Psychotherapist (CGP) credential.
Because the best way to understand group is to be in a group, the first 45 minutes will be an experiential group, and the next 15 minutes will process the group experience.
The second hour will be the consultation group, in which group members present problems and situations from the groups they are leading. Members will be asked to read the AGPA publication Core Principles of Group Psychotherapy, edited by Kaklauskas and Greene (Routledge, 2020) so they can intelligently discuss the issues that arise in a group.
The group will meet weekly on Friday mornings, 9:30 to 11:30 AM Eastern time, starting January 6. The fee will be $75 per session, payable monthly. There is room for up to 8 members. You can join on Zoom from any location. You must currently be leading a group, or in the process of forming one. Please reply by email to lee@leekassan.com
The group will be led by Lee D. Kassan, MA, LPsyA, LMHC, CGP, AGPA-LF. I’ve been in private practice since 1980 and have led many different groups for over 40 years; Former Editor, Group, the quarterly journal of EGPS; Current Editor, Consultation Please column in AGPA Group Circle; Supervisor, Couple Therapy program, Training Institute for Mental Health; author of six books and several articles about group, individual, and couple therapy.

01/30/2019

NEW WEEKLY GROUP STARTING APRIL 4

Relationship, Self-Disclosure, and Intimacy

Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00

Fee: $60 per session

The group will focus on issues of relationship, social anxiety, self-disclosure, and intimacy, and will provide a safe place to learn and practice ways of opening up and creating closer connection and more intimacy in important relationships, using the relationships created with the other members of the group as a model.

I have openings for 4 women and 4 men. As soon as we have 5 members, we will begin meeting weekly. Any age from 20s to 60s, any sexual orientation. I’m not on any insurance panels, but the fee is only $60, and I will provide monthly statements for possible out-of-network reimbursement.



Contact Lee Kassan Suite 10J
240 Madison Avenue
Office 212-687-2059
Cell 973-851-1127
Email: lee@leekassan.com

01/29/2018

Marian Margulies and I have just started a Divorced Dads group, which meets every other Friday from 12:30 to 2:00 on West 95th Street in Manhattan. Group has started with 5 members but we have room for more. Contact me at lee@leekassan.com

01/14/2018

Divorced Dads Group
Starts in January. Alternate Fridays from 12:00 to 1:30.This new group, co-led with Marian Margulies, PhD, offers fathers a supportive environment to process their divorce as it affects their lives and their relationships with their children. Marian and Lee use the ideas of child development and attachment theory to help fathers deal with the upheaval of divorce and nurture the father-child relationship. Contact me if interested.

11/21/2017

I'm leading a free "Intro to Group" workshop Saturday 12/9 from 1:00 to 5:00 in my office for people who want to learn about being in group therapy.

08/28/2017

My new interpersonal therapy group begins Thursday October 5. Contact me if you're interested in joining.

11/07/2016

I am proud to announce that I have just been made a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, for my contributions to the organization and to the field of group psychotherapy. I feel very honored by this recognition.

10/02/2014

Leah Slivko, LICSW, said this about "Finding the Fear"
"Lee Kassan’s approach simplifies and introduces beginners to couples work, and reviews the importance of focusing on relationship, and not on pathology, for more experienced clinicians. Focusing on how a couple expresses or disguises fears and needs is highlighted through creative interventions. Based in attachment theory and “Rules of Engagement,” this is a go-to book for any clinician who wants to wants to work with couples. The material is playful, filled with humor, respectful and warm. The cards are a great creative way of keeping couples focused on clearer communication. Graduate schools with courses on Couples Counseling would do well to incorporate this book in their syllabi."
Available only at www.leekassan.com

Lee D. Kassan, M.A., is a licensed psychoanalyst, licensed mental health counselor and certified group therapist located in New York (Manhattan).

06/02/2014

Daniel Wile endorsed "Finding the Fear: A Couple Therapy Training Workshop."
"Lee Kassan gives an excellent, articulate, clear enunciation of the major principles of couple therapy. The first role-play gives a flavor of what he does, and there’s a lovely way in which he takes in and validates what each partner says. It’s clear that he’s developed his own distinctive, effective approach. I’ve learned some good things from this video." Daniel Wile, PhD, Author, After the Honeymoon.
Available only on my website www.leekassan.com

Lee D. Kassan, M.A., is a licensed psychoanalyst, licensed mental health counselor and certified group therapist located in New York (Manhattan).

09/11/2013

The workshop originally scheduled for Saturday October 26 has been postponed and will be rescheduled, probably in February.
I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.