Dr. Schachter is a Founding Fellow and Past President of the New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association. He is a Psychologist and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry of the Icahn Sinai School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York where he teaches Cognitive Therapy. Dr. Schachter has worked extensively in the area of mood disorders, anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, stress management and motivation. He works with individuals, with groups and with companies in industry. He uses the Cognitive Therapy approach developed Dr. David Burns. This is an intensive short-term method that generates significant change in a short time, He has lectured nationally and internationally, and is an experienced talk show guest, having appeared regularly on MSNBC, CNN, FOX CABLE NETWORK, INSIDE EDITION, GERALDO, REGIS AND KATHY LEE, CBS GOOD MORNING, FOX NEWS, GOOD DAY NEW YORK, MAURY POVICH, as well as local news shows. Dr. Schachter has completed two national media tours and has been quoted as an authority in dozens of publications including The Ladies Home Journal, Child, Parenting, Time, The New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and USA Today. His book, When Your Child Is Afraid, was published by Simon and Schuster in 1988.