Dr. Lothstein has an M.A. from Columbia University (Philosophy) and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Duke University. He interned at Duke Hospital and did a two year post-Doctoral Fellowship in Adolescent Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, Harvard University. He was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, Director of Psychology at the Institute of Living (Hartford Connecticut) and a Lecturer in Law and Psychiatry, Yale University. He is currently in private practice in West Harford, Connecticut. He serves on several boards: The Whiting Forensic Division of Connecticut Valley Hospital (a governor's appointment); the Connecticut Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders; the International Association of Forensic Psychotherapy, London England. He is also a Journal Editor for (1) The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy; (2) the Editorial Board Journal of Unified Psychotherapy and Clinical Science; (3) psychCRITIQUES (APA journal for reviews of books and films; (3) He has been a reviewer for the following Journals: Sex Roles; American Journal of Psychotherapy Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Psychotherapy. Psychosomatics Journal of Fertility and Sterility Routledge, & Kegan Paul International Journal of Group Therapy J. Psychiatry in Medicine, Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. He has also been a reviewer for Div 41 Law and Psychology as Reviewer for APA presentations. Dr. Lothstein is a Fellow of CPA and APA and the following APA Divisions that are starred: He is a Fellow at APA (Div. 12* Clinical Psychology; Div. 28 Psychopharmacology; Div. 29* Psychotherapy; Div. 10 Psychology and the Arts; Div. 38 in Health Psychology; Div. 20 Adult Development and Aging; Div. 41 Forensic Psychology, Div. 42 Group Psychology*); Div. 39 Psychoanalysis*) and A Fellow and Board Certified in Clinical Psychology APA.

Dr. Lothstein's primary areas of research interest are in Gender Identity and Sexuality; Violence and Sexual Violence; Group Therapy and Group Process. He has published 134 Papers, Book Chapters, and Reviews in professional Journals. He has also published one Book “Female to Male Transsexualism”. And he has lectured locally, nationally and internationally presenting 200 presentations. Some of his recent publications include the following: The Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal: Part I. The Connecticut Psychologist Fall 2010; the Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse Scandal: Part II. The Connecticut Psychologist Winter 2011 6. Shame and Sexual Compulsivity: Enactments that Fuel Addiction. PsychCRITIQUES. The American Psychological Association Vol. 57. Release 20, Article 10. May 23, 2012; Group Therapy with Patients Suffering from Eating Disorders. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. J62 (3) 473-476, 2013; Group Therapy with Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 63 (3) 499-452. 2013; The Science and Art of Brief Inpatient Group Therapy in the 21st Century (2014); International Journal of Group Psychotherapy.64(2),Pg.229-244; A Multi-Tiered Group Therapy Model to Identify and Treat the Root Causes of Domestic Violence: A Proposal Integrating Current Social Neuroscience Findings, The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. 65(2). 210-240. 2015.