Dr. Marc Lehrer was a psychologist based in Santa Cruz, California. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Adelphi. He was the former President of the Northern California Society of Clinical Hypnosis and had a private practice. Dr. Lehrer also worked in the Department of Pediatrics Child Study Unit at the University of California Medical School. He specialized in stress management, hypnosis, and biofeedback.
Dr. Lehrer traveled the world conducting workshops, including at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. His techniques were a result of his involvement with Milton Erickson’s teachings on medical hypnosis. Dr. Lehrer loved helping others, continued to learn through life, and left behind a wife and two daughters. His daughter, Claire, was the in-utero subject in the Prenatal Classroom that he co-authored with Dr. Van de Carr.