Dr. Robin Stern

Mind Wide Open

Psychoanalyst Dr. Robin Stern talks gaslighting. A buzzword in the zeitgeist, Dr. Stern defines gaslighting and discusses her groundbreaking book, "The Gaslight Effect." She also breaks down how gaslighting shows up in personal and societal relationships, how it affects our mental health, and how to break the cycle. Dr. Stern asserts that most have dealt with a form of gaslighting whether they are aware of it or not, and her insight provides valuable tools to recognize and cope.

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Originally aired AUGUST 31, 2020

Robin Stern, Ph.D, is the author of two critically acclaimed books: The Gaslight Effect and Project Rebirth and the Co-founder and Associate Director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and an Associate Research Scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale.

She is a licensed psychoanalyst with thirty years of experience treating individuals, couples, and families and is also the co-developer of RULER, an acronym for the five key emotion skills of recognizing, understanding, labeling, expressing, and regulating emotions. RULER is an evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning that is in place in 2700 schools across the US and internationally.

Robin’s work has received attention and accolades from major media outlets such as The Today Show, NPR, Time, Psychology Today, Huffington Post, Washington Post, The Hill, and Harvard Business Review, among many others. She has been a guest on local and national radio shows including NPR and WNYC and has been published in places such as VICE and Refinery 29.

Robin practices in NYC and splits her time between NY and in New Haven, CT at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

https://robinstern.com/