David Steinman is a clinical psychologist who specializes in substance abuse with a focus on substance abuse and other addictions in the Orthodox Jewish community. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, with a BTL and smicha from Ner Israel Rabbinical College and a doctorate from Adelphi University, Derner Institute. He is also a New York State Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor, emeritus.
In addition to his full-time position at Touro, Dr. Steinman has taught courses in various CASAC training programs. As an adjunct, he taught undergraduate courses in psychology and education at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Brooklyn College and New York City Technical College. He has taught in the graduate programs in Mental Health Counseling at Adelphi University and Brooklyn College as well as graduate and postgraduate courses in social work at Adelphi University and Long Island University. Dr. Steinman has supervised master’s and doctoral students in social work and clinical psychology from several programs. He was a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Teferis Bochorim. Dr. Steinman has taught in various Jewish studies programs, including at Lincoln Square Synagogue.
Dr. Steinman has been active in designing and directing substance abuse programs, including the Coney Island Hospital Drug Treatment Program, Odyssey House, Lumina and the Yatzkan Institute, a program for Orthodox Jewish teens who abused substances. He has also served on the Rabbinical Board of JACS (Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others.) He has written and presented widely on issues in psychology and addiction, including the Eastern Psychological Association convention, the National Association of Social Workers Convention and the United Nations.
Dr. Steinman has been included in International Who’s Who, Who’s Who in Science and Technology, and Who's Who Among American Teachers.
In addition to his work as a psychologist, Dr. Steinman has been a radio jazz disk jockey, a professional musician, a cowboy and the Captain of the Guard of the Barony March of the Debatable Lands, SCA. He also fenced in the 1972 Olympic Trials.
Education
- BA, Philosophy and English Literature, University of Pittsburgh
- BTL and ordination, Ner Israel Rabbinical College
- PhD Psychology, Adelphi University, Derner Institute
Certifications
- New York State Licensed Psychologist (retired)
- New York State Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor (emeritus)
- New York State School Psychologist credential (retired)
