Dr. Stephen Jay Levy has over 40 years of experience in psychotherapy and substance abuse treatment. He has held numerous director and clinical positions across New York and New Jersey, including at hospitals, treatment centers, and government programs. Dr. Levy also has experience in research, teaching, publishing, and providing expert testimony in criminal cases related to substance abuse.

1. Stephen Jay Levy, Ph.D.
Dr. Levy has a private practice in psychotherapy in Nanuet, NY since 1977.
Former Director of the Mt. Kisco Clinic for Lexington Center for Recovery, Inc. (an
outpatient chemical dependency program licensed by the NYS Office of Alcohol and
Substance Abuse Services). Former Director of Community Education, Addiction
Services Agency of NYC; Vice President, Training for Living Institute (NYC);
Director, Division of Drug Abuse, New Jersey Medical College (Newark, NJ);
Director, Comprehensive Alcoholism Treatment Program, Beth Israel Medical
Center (NYC), Director, Nyack Recovery Center of Nyack Hospital (Nyack, NY);
Clinical Director, Rockland County Crack/Cocaine Program, Town of Ramapo
(Suffern, NY); Assistant Director, Adult Dual Diagnosis Unit, Four Winds Psychiatric
Hospital (Katonah, NY); Substance Abuse Specialist, Employee Counseling Programs
EAP (NYC)., Director of Research, Community Center for Mental Health (Dumont,
NJ). Dr. Levy has served on the faculties of Hunter College, New York University,
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Empire State College, Jersey City State College,
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and the New Jersey College of Medicine; Author of
numerous professional articles and Editor: Addictions in the Jewish Community,
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of NY, 1986; Author: Managing the Drugs in
Your Life (McGraw-Hill, Inc.), 1983; Co-author: Children of Drug Abusers (with
Eileen Rutter, MSW), Lexington Books, 1992; The Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser:
Whose Client?(with Jacqueline Cohen, MSW), Lexington Books, 1992. He has been
an expert witness in criminal cases testifying as to the effects of alcohol and other
drugs on human behavior. Dr. Levy is Vice President of the Emergency Assist Team
of Rockland County providing Critical Incident Stress Management for Police, Fire
and EMS personnel and is Special Deputy Sheriff, Office of the Sheriff, Rockland
County. He also provides critical incident stress management services to business and
industry. Dr. Levy holds the Certificate of Proficiency in the Treatment of Alcohol
and other Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders from the American Psychological
Association College of Professional Psychology.