Zois graduated from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 1963[1] with a major in philosophy.
He obtained his medical degree from New York Medical College and completed a residency in psychiatry at New York Hospital.
Zois is the author of two books on short-term therapy: Think Like a Shrink, a self-help book published by Warner Books; and a textbook, Short Term Therapy Techniques, published by Jason Aronson Publishers.
Zois has been on the teaching faculty of three medical schools, founded the New York Center for Short Term Psychotherapy, and contributed articles on short-term therapy to journals.
[citation needed] In 2011, his license to practice medicine in New Jersey was revoked .