Dr.
Lehrer received his BA from Hunter College, an MS from
Brooklyn College, an MSW from Hunter College, and a
PhD from New York University.
Dr. Lehrer began his career in education and special education
as a New York City public school teacher. Before coming to Touro
College, he taught for 15 years in the graduate program in special
education at Brooklyn College and for 5 years in the undergraduate
and graduate programs of the New York University School of Social
Work.
Dr. Lehrer has been directing Touro College education and special
education programs since 1998. He has also been a practicing
psychotherapist for 25 years. His interests include the history
and philosophy of psychology and education, innovative methods
of instruction for students with emotional and behavioral problems,
and collaborative relationships between schools and families.
Dr. Lehrer's publications include a book on the history of
psychoanalysis, a book on the psychology of Friedrich
Nietzsche for which he was an editor and contributor, and
articles in journals such as Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology,
The Psychoanalytic Review, Psychoanalytic Dialogues, and the Newsletter
of the Association for the Advancement of Psychology and Philosophy.
He has recently contributed an entry to The Freud Encyclopedia.
