Mark Lerner, PhD

Dr. Mark Lerner is a clinical and forensic psychologist with over 35 years of experience helping people through challenging times. He sees individuals, couples, and families in his office in Melville, New York and additionally works with clients virtually, online. 

As chairman and CEO of The National Center for Emotional Wellness, Inc., Dr. Lerner provides practical information, training, and support for organizations, corporations, educational institutions, healthcare providers, and emergency responders around the world. He enjoys working with organizations and corporations, prior to traumatic events, in the development of organization-based Crisis Management Teams. Dr. Lerner has consulted with and presented at hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, airlines, universities and schools, police and fire departments, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, and the United Nations in New York and Paris, France. The United Nations has appointed him as an Expert Consultant with the United Nations Department of Safety and Security.

Dr. Lerner is the founding president of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and former chairman of The National Center for Crisis Management. He is the originator and creator of the Acute Traumatic Stress Management (ATSM) intervention model, utilized around the world, and has authored several books based on this model, including Acute Traumatic Stress Management, Comprehensive Acute Traumatic Stress Management, A Practical Guide for School Crisis Response and A Practical Guide for University Crisis Response. He has additionally authored It’s OK Not To Be OK … During a Crisis, Surviving & Thriving … Living Through a Traumatic Experience, and CrisisNotes. 

Dr. Lerner is also the creator of TruthJava.com (TruthJava, LLC), an emotional wellness digital venture that provides practical information, guidance, and support for people who have endured abuse, harassment, discrimination, or injustice.