Dr. Robin Stern Speaks
Dr. Robin Stern Speaks
Psychoanalyst Dr. Robin Stern coined the phrase “The Gaslight Effect” with the 2007 publication of her best-selling book of the same name. The premier global expert on gaslighting and a pioneer in emotional intelligence research, practice, and implementation, Robin has shared her knowledge with patients, practitioners, educators, healthcare professionals, company leaders, and organizations. Her insightful expertise and compassionate advice engage diverse audiences worldwide.
DR. ROBIN STERN
Speaking Topics
What to Know About ‘The Gaslight Effect’
As a worldwide expert on the issue of gaslighting, Dr. Robin Stern will help shed light on 'The Gaslight Effect' and its destructive impact. She will offer an intimate look at this covert form of manipulation including the stages of gaslighting, the various types of gaslighters and will offer actionable strategies to combat this abuse
Audience: General Public, Mental Health & Psychological Organizations & Associations.
Political Gaslighting:
What Every Citizen Needs To Know
Gaslighting is a real concern in public debates. It can play to someone’s worst fears and most anxious thoughts, and when a person you have chosen to trust and respect speaks with certainty, it can be extremely difficult not to believe them. We see it when politicians deny saying things that have been taped, when they deny actions others witnessed or words that were said by others, when they make up their own reality and insist it is based on facts, even though experts know it’s not. Dr. Robin Stern will share how we can use our critical faculties to resist this psychological manipulation.
Audience & Focus : Colleges & Universities, Civic Organizations and General Public
Inside Cults:
Exploring The Darkest Side Of Gaslighting
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation used to distort and undermine someone’s reality, fostering deep-seated confusion and self-doubt. Cult leaders masterfully use the technique of gaslighting as a way to indoctrinate their targets and create an environment of absolute control. Dr. Robin Stern unpacks lessons learned from her conversations with Tasha Adams (ex-wife of Proud Boy leader Stewart Rhodes), Sarah Edmondson (author of Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, the Cult That Bound My Life), and Daniel Levin (author of Slonim Woods 9, who wrote of his time with and escape from Sarah Lawrence Cult). Dr. Stern will share how to identify gaslighting tactics used on cult victims, how to protect someone from getting more deeply involved, and ultimately how to break free.
Audience & Focus : Colleges & Universities, General Public, Mental Health & Psychological Organizations and Associations.
How To Be An Emotionally Intelligent Leader:
Creating A Psychologically Safe And Empowered Workplace
Emotionally intelligent leaders create psychologically safe, productive and innovative workplaces. In these environments employees feel that they matter, they are valued and are more likely to work to their fullest potential. Drawing upon her years of experience teaching at The Yale School of Management, speaking and consulting at companies such as Time, Inc., Google, UBS, and Yale New Haven Hospitals, Dr. Stern explores the critical role emotion skills and attitudes play in increasing positive climates. Participants will have the opportunity to think deeply about the behaviors and characteristics they can expect to see in emotionally intelligent leaders and how they can cultivate the characteristics for themselves.
Audience & Focus : Corporations, Human Resource Associations, Leadership Institutes, General Public, Mental Health & Psychological Organizations and Associations.
Social & Emotional Learning And The Dangers Of Digital Technology
Social and emotional learning and digital technology have co-existed as cultural influences for over two decades. At the same time that experts in social and emotional learning were teaching empathy and the importance of connecting with others, social media was flourishing with opportunities for bullying and hate mongering. Dr. Robin Stern explains how the promises and perils of digital technology have changed the way our children are growing up and learning to socialize, forever. As a long time consultant with Facebook/Meta she will invite us to think together about who is accountable and what can be done to reap the benefits digital tech has to offer, and strengthen, rather than devastate the lessons of social and emotional learning for young people.
Audience & Focus : Technology Companies and Associations; Primary, Secondary & Higher Education Organizations & Associations; General Public.
How To Live A Gaslight Free Life:
Ten Tips To Reclaim Your Reality
Dr. Robin Stern will empower you with skills to recognize ‘The Gaslight Effect’. She will offer an intimate look at the soul-destroying impact of giving up your power to someone else, and explore what makes you vulnerable to accepting the invitation into this form of abuse. Dr. Stern will teach you how to break free and heal from gaslighting and stand squarely in your own power.
Audience & Focus : General Public, Women, Mental Health & Psychology Community And Those Interested In Relationships
Gaslight Proof Your Organization:
Enhance Professional Growth & Jumpstart Innovation Through Emotional Intelligence
Dr. Robin Stern offers a transformative and forward-looking conversation about emotionally intelligent organizations. She will illuminate the subtle, yet destructive pattern of gaslighting which can squash psychological safety, impede creativity, and lead to interference with productivity and growth. Through her teaching at Yale School of Management and speaking and consulting at companies such as Time, Inc., Google, UBS, and Yale New Haven Hospitals, Dr. Stern explains how developing emotionally intelligent leadership and creating a gaslight-proof work culture can pivot your organization to an environment of professional trust, creativity, and innovation.
Audience & Focus : Companies & Corporations, Business & Human Resource Associations, Leadership Institutes and Higher Education Organizations
What Lawyers Need To Know About The Gaslight Effect:
From Prenups To Divorce
Dr. Robin Stern guides professionals in navigating the intertwined paths of law and psychology to better support and protect their clients. With three decades of experience treating patients, Dr. Stern offers her expertise in gaslighting to help legal professionals identify, understand, and address this covert form of manipulation and its impact on marriage.
Audience & Focus : Law Firms, Financial Service Companies, Legal and Financial Associations
“It’s Not Just In Your Head”:
The Dangers Of Medical Gaslighting
Have your symptoms been ignored or arbitrarily dismissed by doctors as insignificant, or labeled as “primarily psychological”? Medical gaslighting undermines trust and patient psychological well-being, potentially impacting medical outcomes. With both personal experience and work as an expert witness on medical gaslighting cases, as well as thirty years as a psychoanalyst, Dr. Stern will shed light on this issue and offer actionable strategies for patients and practitioners to combat this often unnamed abuse.
Audience & Focus: General Public, Hospitals, Medical Associations, Mental Health & Psychological Organizations and Associations.
Emotional Intelligence For Parents:
How To Raise Psychologically Healthy Children
Discover how to nurture your child’s emotional needs and equip them with the skills to build resilience, empathy, and self-awareness. Dr. Robin Stern will invite you to take up the unexpected challenge of nurturing your own skills first—a little like the oxygen mask we all know well! As a parent herself and senior advisor to the director at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, she shows how emotional intelligence can be your child’s superpower in navigating life’s complexities, leading to healthier relationships and a life of productivity, purpose and well-being. Empowerment begins at home, and it starts with us – the parents!
Audience & Focus : General Public, Parenting Organizations, Primary and Secondary Schools, Educational Associations
5 Tips To Build Strength And Resilience:
Overcoming And Growing From Setbacks
Unpacking the real essence of strength, Dr. Robin Stern offers an enlightening exploration into the concept of resilience, and the pivotal role it plays in our lives. She reveals that it is not about avoiding setbacks, but learning to move through them and carrying those lessons with you. As a New Yorker, Dr. Stern was present to the tragedy of 9/11 and later co-authored a book Project Rebirth, following the lives of survivors and detailing lessons learned. She offers practical strategies to embrace challenges, grow from adversity, and cultivate an unshakeable spirit of resilience.
Audience & Focus : General Public, Mental Health & Psychological Organizations and Associations.
Dr. Robin Stern Continues To Speak About Gaslighting And Emotional Intelligence In The Mainstream
Co-founder and Senior Advisor to the Director at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and a consultant at the New Haven Hospital working with nurses and physicians building skills of emotional intelligence and resilience, Dr. Stern, a psychoanalyst with over 30 years of experience, leads seminar groups, workshops, and speaks to both business, academic as well as therapeutic community groups.
Ready to inspire and enlighten your Committee/Class/Association/Parent Group/Empowerment/Management Team/Support Group/Employees/Medical Team/Organization/Educators/Team?
With over 25 years of guest appearances on national radio and tv shows, Dr. Stern knows how to command…and captivate…across a wide spectrum of platforms and audiences.
What People Are Saying About Dr. Robin Stern's Speaking Engagements
“I have known Dr. Robin Stern for nearly two decades and have had the privilege of working closely with her on numerous projects and events over the years across NYC schools and Long Island. She is extremely knowledgeable, experienced, thoughtful and highly credentialed in the areas of emotional intelligence. Our partnership over the years was centered on educational leadership practices that promote efficacy and well being for all. As a speaker, she is engaging and is able to connect abstract ideas and concepts in meaningful ways for a variety of audiences. Her passion, expertise and commitment is evident and I am so grateful for our partnership over the years.”
Former Executive Superintendent of Leadership, NYC Schools
“I was recently graced by a presentation by Dr. Robin Stern on the Sir Ken Robinson Stage of a global webinar I had organized for The World Education Summit. “Graced" because Robin has all the hallmarks of a brilliant and powerful speaker: 1) Expertise and authority; 2) Practical applicability: the audience learned much that empowered them to bring emotional literacy into their lives, substantially improving their chances of wellbeing and positive outcomes; 3) The audience were further fortified by learning strategies to manage their emotions in challenging times. Added to all of this Robins warmth, inclusiveness and natural proclivity toward interactive participation make her one of the most compelling and engaging speakers your event could be enhanced by.”
Founder and Executive Chair, Think Equal
robin.stern@yale.edu
