# Robin Stern

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**Robin Stern** is an American psychoanalyst at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), associate director for the [Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence](/source/Yale_Center_for_Emotional_Intelligence), an associate research scientist at the [Yale Child Study Center](/source/Yale_Child_Study_Center), and is on the faculty of [Teachers College, Columbia University](/source/Teachers_College,_Columbia_University).

Her publications include the books *[The Gaslight Effect](/source/The_Gaslight_Effect)* (2007) and *[Project Rebirth](/source/Project_Rebirth_(book))* (2011). Her research includes looking at [gratitude](/source/Gratitude) and its effects on healing, and a large study examining the effects of negative and positive emotions in students in the US.

## Education

Stern graduated with a bachelor's degree in [psychology](/source/Psychology) from [New York University](/source/New_York_University).[1] She received a master's degree in personality and social development from [The New School for Social Research](/source/The_New_School_for_Social_Research), and a PhD in applied psychology and research design from New York University.[1][2] She gained a post-doctoral certificate in [psychoanalytic group psychotherapy](/source/Group_psychotherapy) from the [Postgraduate Center for Mental Health](/source/Postgraduate_Center_for_Mental_Health).[2]

## Career

Stern is a psychoanalyst at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), associate director for the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, an associate research scientist at the Child Study Center at Yale, and on the faculty of [Teachers College, Columbia University](/source/Teachers_College,_Columbia_University), where she teaches on [emotional intelligence](/source/Emotional_intelligence), gender and technology.[2][3] She co-founded of the [Woodhull Institute](/source/Woodhull_Institute), created to educate women leaders, and the Inner Resilience Program, established to educate on resilience, created after the [September 11 attacks](/source/September_11_attacks) in the United States.[1]

Her publications include the books *The Gaslight Effect* (2007), in which she describes [gaslighting](/source/Gaslighting) as a "tango" that requires two people, usually a female who idealizes and seeks approval from a male, who in turn needs to be right and manipulates her thoughts in order to retain power.[4][5] According to [Ken Fuchsman](/source/Kenneth_A._Fuchsman), writing in *[The Journal of Psychohistory](/source/The_Journal_of_Psychohistory)*, Stern was one person who brought the term 'gaslighting' to more widespread attention and he described her book as "essential reading in the age of Trump".[4] In 2011 she published *Project Rebirth*, which traces the lives of eight people directly affected by the September 11 attacks.[1]

In 2013 she co-authored, with [Robert A. Emmons](/source/Robert_A._Emmons), a paper titled "Gratitude as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention", published in the *[Journal of Clinical Psychology](/source/Journal_of_Clinical_Psychology)*, in which they wrote that gratitude “may spontaneously catalyze healing processes,” and that, “relatively easy techniques can be included to increase gratitude alongside existing clinical interventions.”[6] They noted that grateful people were better able to deal with stress, recovered more swiftly from illness and were physically stronger.[7]

In 2018, Stern contributed to a study that involved gathering data on negative and positive emotions from over 19,000 [grade 9-12](/source/Education_in_the_United_States#Educational_stages) students in the US in 2015, recruited through social media, schools, youth organizations and with the assistance of [Lady Gaga](/source/Lady_Gaga), who spoke on behalf of LGBTQ youth.[8] The study showed that due to bullying, [LGBTQ](/source/LGBT) students have more negative school experiences than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.[8] The same study showed that students who have both a gender and [sexual minority](/source/Sexual_minority) identity such as a lesbian transgender girl, experience bullying more frequently and report positive experiences in school the least, when compared to students with either a gender or sexual minority identity.[9]

She was a mentor to [Courtney E. Martin](/source/Courtney_E._Martin).[10]

## Personal and family

Stern lives in New York and has two children.[2][11]

## Selected publications

### Articles

- Emmons, Robert A. & Stern, Robin (2013). ["Gratitude as a Psychotherapeutic Intervention"](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jclp.22020). *Journal of Clinical Psychology*. **69** (8): 846–855. [doi:10.1002/jclp.22020](https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22020). [ISSN 1097-4679](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1097-4679). [PMID 23775470](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23775470)
- White, Arielle E.; Moeller, Julia; Ivcevic, Zorana; Brackett, Marc A.; Stern, Robin (November 1, 2018). ["LGBTQ Adolescents' Positive and Negative Emotions and Experiences in U.S. High Schools"](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-017-0885-1). *[Sex Roles](/source/Sex_Roles_(journal))*. **79** (9): 594–608. [doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0885-1](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-017-0885-1). [ISSN 1573-2762](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1573-2762). [S2CID 148852106](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:148852106)

### Books

- Shelton, Claudia Marshall & Stern, Robin (2004). [*Understanding Emotions in the Classroom: Differentiating Teaching Strategies for Optimal Learning*](https://books.google.com/books?id=jvC8z0tQWTEC). National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing. ISBN 1-887943-65-X.
- Stern, Robin (2007). *The Gaslight Effect: How to Spot and Survive the Hidden Manipulation Others Use to Control Your Life*. Harmony. ISBN 978-0767924450.
- Stern, Robin & Martin, Courtney E. (2011). *Project Rebirth: Survival and the Strength of the Human Spirit from 9/11 Survivors*. Dutton. ISBN 9781101543481.
- Stern, Robin (2023). [*The Gaslight Effect Recovery Guide*](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/702846/the-gaslight-effect-recovery-guide-by-dr-robin-stern/). Penguin Random House/Rodale Books. ISBN 9780593236277.

## References

1. ["Robin Stern - Member Emotional Intelligence Consortium"](http://www.eiconsortium.org/members/stern.htm). *www.eiconsortium.org*. Retrieved September 28, 2021.

1. Pellitteri, John; Stern, Robin; Shelton, Claudia; Muller-Ackerman, Barbara (2006). ["Contributors"](https://books.google.com/books?id=CaePAgAAQBAJ&q=%22Robin+Stern%22+biography). *Emotionally Intelligent School Counseling*. Mahwah, New Jersey: Routledge. p. xxvi. ISBN 1-4106-1317-8.

1. Maccoby, Michael & Fuchsman, Ken (2020). ["Contributors"](https://books.google.com/books?id=-dDgDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Gaslight+Effect+stern). *Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump: Narcissism and Marketing in an Age of Anxiety and Distrust*. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-06111-6.

1. Fuchsman, K. (2019). [Gaslighting](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2244600104?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true). *[The Journal of Psychohistory](/source/The_Journal_of_Psychohistory)*, 47(1), 74-78.

1. Stark, Cynthia A (April 1, 2019). ["Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Psychological Oppression"](https://philarchive.org/archive/STAGMA-3v1). *[The Monist](/source/The_Monist)*. **102** (2): 221–235. [doi:10.1093/monist/onz007](https://doi.org/10.1093/monist/onz007)

1. Khorrami, Najma (August 21, 2020). ["Does Gratitude Have the Ability to Heal?"](https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/comfort-gratitude/202008/does-gratitude-have-the-ability-heal). *Psychology Today*. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

1. Wilson, Michael (2017). ["4. Dimensions of experiencing"](https://books.google.com/books?id=fDolDwAAQBAJ&dq=Gratitude+as+a+Psychotherapeutic+Intervention+Stern,&pg=PA67). *Resource Focused Counselling and Psychotherapy: An Introduction*. Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-138-91579-4.

1. Carrillo, Rocio (2019). [*The Development of a Handbook and Training for Elementary School Staff Working with LGBTQ Youth. Doctoral project presented to the Faculty of the california School of Education*](https://www.proquest.com/openview/86f6ec2b9ef2e6065183b81df66debc9/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar). [Alliant International University](/source/Alliant_International_University). pp. 14–15.

1. McBride, Ruari-Santiago (April 3, 2021). ["A literature review of the secondary school experiences of trans youth"](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19361653.2020.1727815). *[Journal of LGBT Youth](/source/Journal_of_LGBT_Youth)*. **18** (2): 103–134. [doi:10.1080/19361653.2020.1727815](https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2020.1727815). [hdl:10344/9176](https://hdl.handle.net/10344/9176). [ISSN 1936-1653](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1936-1653). [S2CID 213747311](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:213747311) (subscription required)

1. Martin, Courtney E. (2007). [*Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body*](https://books.google.com/books?id=IrPw-V5qBAEC&q=stern&pg=PR11). Simon and Schuster. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-4165-3969-8.

1. ["Robin Stern Bio"](https://www.unwomenforpeace.org/robin-stern-bio). *UN Women for Peace Association*. Retrieved October 2, 2021.

## External links

- [Official website](https://robinstern.com)

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