I saw Dr Robin when I was a teen (15-17). She was awful. I was suicidal as a teen, and in fact, tried to kill myself twice, and yet intuitively I knew it wasn't emotionally safe to discuss this with Dr Robin, so I didn't. She always always talked about herself in session. Because I was so young and she was the only therapist I had ever had, I didn't know any better, and thought it was "normal" to feel worse after therapy, not better.
After I graduated from high school and was forced to find a new therapist down in southern california, where I was attending college, that's only when I realized just how fucked up my "therapy" with Dr Robin was.
Dr Robin is a shining example in my mind why we should NOT dismiss or poo poo life coaches and healers just because they aren't LCSW/PhDs/PsyD's or whatever qualification you feel is legit, and how "trained and qualified" individuals, such as Dr Robin (who is a PhD) can truly cause great harm. read more