Professor
E-mail: ltester@nyit.edu

Education

• Ph.D. - Columbia University
• Ed.D. - Teachers College, Columbia University
• Nonmatric Study, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, one year (full-time)
• S.T.B.(B.D.) - Harvard University
• B.Th. - Kansas City College
• Group Therapy Certificate - Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society

Professional Practice

Psychologist, New York State, 1983 to present

New York Institute of Technology
*1971 to 1984, Counselor (Psychologist) and Adjunct Faculty Member
*1984 to present, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and currently Professor of Behavioral Sciences

Op-Ed Columnist, The Korea Times New York, English Edition, 1987 to 1989

The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Personnel Manager, 1966 to 1969

Presentations Since 1979

(** = invited presentation)

• **"Spiritual Methods for Students and Teachers to Deal with Stress, lecture for conference, Post 9/11 Responses to Stress, Brooklyn College, 2003
• **"Clinical Self-Hypnosis," American Institute for Hypnosis and Pyschotherapy, 5 yearly lectures, 1993 to 1997.
• **Workshops in Hypnosis as Adjunct to Biofeedback (in preparation for certification), Biofeedback Associates, New York City, 1994 to 1996
• **"Psychotherapy and Spirituality," 1995 Conference of the Brooklyn Psychological Association and the Department of Psychology of St. Francis College, New York
• **"Thich Naht Hahn's Vietnamese Zen Teachings as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy," Universal Community Cultural Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993
• **"Tibetan Buddhist Meditation as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy," Universal Community Cultural Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993
• **"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Workshop for Teachers," Jr. College in Taipei, Taiwan, 1993.
• "Meditative Self-Hypnosis with Cognitive Rehearsal," Mexico City: 1991 World Congress on Mental Health, World Federation for Mental Health
• **"Personality Theories Illustrated in Cross-Cultural Counseling at the New York Institute of Technology," Lady Irwin College of the Univ. of New Delhi, 1989
• "Rehearsal of Study Skills Through Guided Imagery," Cairo Egypt: 1987 World Congress on Mental Health, World Federation for Mental Health
• **"Stress Management": Panel Contribution to "SOS: Seminar on Survival" for Class of 1987, Princeton University
• **1979-1980 Numerous workshops on hypnosis and guided imagery at colleges and professional organizations in the U.S. (most of them invited)
• "A Multidimensional Summer Remedial Program for Disadvantaged Youth," Association for Excellence and Equality in Education, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1979

Publications and Theses

• Accepted for publication in 2005: "Dealing with stress: lessons from spiritual traditions " [title may be changed], in Post 9/11 Educational Policies, ed. Lee Fleischer
• (1991) "Meditative Self-Hypnosis with Cognitive Rehearsal," World Federation for Mental Health: Proceedings of the World Congress on Mental Health, Mexico City: (also published as videotape)
• (1987-1989) Over 100 (weekly contributions for more than 2 years) articles for the popular press, especially the Korea Times New York, English Edition
• (1987) (With W. Lebowitz) "Rehearsal of Study Skills Through Guided Imagery," Egyptian Association for Mental Health: Proceedings of World Congress for Mental Health
• (1986) Review of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the War Veteran Patient, W. Kelly, Editor. In Readings, a Journal of the American Orthopsychiatric Association
• (1981) "The Effect of Academic Coping-Skills Instruction on the Attribution-Related Motivation of Disadvantaged Students," Ph.D. dissertation, Columbia Univ. (Univ. Microfilms)
• (1976) "An Examination of Selected Aspects of the Self-Image of Students in Two Different Educational Programs," Ed.D. dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia Univ. (Univ. Microfilms)
• (1972) "The Effect of Test-Anxiety Desensitization on Scores on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank," Unpublished M.Ed. Thesis, Teachers College, Columbia Univ.

Hospital Training

• Mass Mental Health Center, Boston, under S. Bojar, M.D. and T. Maltsberger, M.D., Clin. Profs. of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
• Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, under Dr. Bojar

Honors and Recognitions

• William Wayne Jackson Honors Scholarship, Harvard University
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in the World
• Four other Who's Who Listings