Dr. Pepper specializes in group therapy. He has been running groups for over twenty-five years and has a special gift in helping member’s resolve conflicts with relationships, both personal and professional. His groups are not socialization groups but learning social skills is a by-product of the group experience. Members learn to resolve obstacles to developing healthy relationships through interactions between members of the group.

Dr. Pepper has seen members grow and change in ways that they never expected through the group experience. He has helped them release energy through the verbalization of feelings in the group setting. This release of energy has been a great aid to them in living healthier and more satisfying lives.

  • Director of education and training at the Long Island Institute for Mental Health in Rego Park, New York.  
  • Adjunct Professor of Behavioral Science at the New York Institute of Technology, Metro Campus, Manhattan, NYC.  
  • Author of numerous articles on ethics and boundaries in psychotherapy and has lectured across the country on the subject.  
  • Runs six (6) weekly psychotherapy groups in his private practice in Forest Hills, NY.

Curriculum Vitae

Qualifications

Years in Practice: 20+ Years

School: Hunter College

Year Graduated: 1980

License No. and State: 025140 New York

Publications

New Book Releasing in 2024 – “The Unconscious Mind Rules” 

(1989), “Therapist’s Transparency and Multiple Role Relations”, International Journal of Group Psychotherapy  Vol. 39 No.1  p.131-2.

(1990), “When Transference Isn’t Transference:Iatrogenesis of Multiple Role Relations Between Practicing Therapists”, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Vol.20,No.3,p.141-153.

(1991), “The Senior Therapist’s Grandiosity:Clinical and  Ethical Consequences of Merging Multiple Roles”,Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy.Vol.21,No.1,p.53-70..

(1992),”Psychoanalytic Training Institutes as Cults:An Example of Entropy”, Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Vol.22,No.1,p.35-42.

(1996), “The Omnipotent Clinican:A Potential source of Iatrogenesis”,Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Vol.26,No.3,p.287-294.

(1997),”Treatment with Unethical Practitioners:Cavaet Emptors”,Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Vol.27,No.3,p.215-223.

(2001), “The Leader’s Oral Greed and Gaslighting in Group Psychotherapy”,  The Group Psychologist. Vol. II No.3, p.41-43.

(2002), “Emotional Incest in Group Psychotherapy”, International Journal Of Group Psychology.    Vol. 52, No. 2 p.285-294.

(2003), “Be It Ever So Humble…The Controversial Issue of Psychotherapy Groups in the Home Office Setting”, Group.  Vol. 27, No.1, p.41-52.

( October/November 2003) “Raising Fees and Informed Consent in Group Psychotherapy”, The Group Circle.

(2004) “Confidentiality and Dual Relationships in Group Psychotherapy”.  International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. Vol.54, No. 1., p.103-114.

(2004) “Raising Group Fees: Some Ethical and Clinical Implications”. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy. Vol.34, No.2, Summer 2004.

(2007)  “ Too Close for Comfort: The Impact of Dual Relationships on Group Therapy and Group Therapy Training” International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.   Vol. 57, No.1, p.13-23.

(2013)  “ Stirring the Pot: Some Clinical and Ethical Implications of Blurred Boundaries” GROUP Vol.37, No.2, p.135-146

(2014) “ Group Lite:  The Bane of the Group Therapist’s Own Treatment—Blurred Boundaries”   GROUP . Vol. 38, No.,1 p.55-69.

(2014) “ A Response to Stone” GROUP  Vol.38. No.2,p.171-172.

(2014) Emotional incest in group psychotherapy—A conspiracy of silence Rowman & Littlefield: Lanham, Maryland

(2015) “Response to Stone”  GROUP in press.

(2017) Some People Don’t Want What They Say They Want: 100 Unconventional Interventions In Group Therapy