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Dr. Robin is a psychologist at the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders and faculty in the Department of Psychiatry.  She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Temple University. Dr. Robin specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy of children, adolescents, and adults.  She has expertise in the treatment of anxiety disorders and disruptive behavioral disorders and has received specialized training in parent-child interaction therapy for disruptive behavior disorders, exposure and response prevention for OCD and habit reversal for Tourettes Syndrome and tic disorders.  Dr. Robin specializes in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder.  In addition, Dr. Robin has expertise in parenting and family therapy. She conducts parenting groups for parents of anxious youth, where parents can learn strategies to help their anxious child and learn how to parent effectively (link).  Finally, Dr. Robin runs Cognitive behavioral Group Therapy for adolescents and young adults coping with social anxiety disorder (link).

Dr. Robin has provided clinical services in a number of treatment facilities, including the Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders Clinic of Temple University, the Center for Management of ADHD in the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Council for Relationships, and Schneider Children’s Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Dr. Robin’s research focuses on the role of parenting in the development of anxiety disorders in youth, emotional regulation in anxious youth, and the efficacy of cognitive behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders. Dr. Robin has been a supervisor and therapist on several NIMH-funded treatment outcome studies examining the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatments for youth with anxiety disorders. In 2004, she received a National Research Service Award from the National Institute of Mental Health to study the relationship between parenting and child anxiety in African American families.

Dr. Robin has co-authored several articles and book chapters on child anxiety and cognitive behavioral therapy for child anxiety. In addition, she has presented her work at several annual national conferences and provides workshops for teachers, social workers, and psychologists on cognitive behavioral therapy for children with anxiety disorders and disruptive behavior in the New York City and Westchester area.

Below are some recent presentations:

2005  Presenter, Anxiety Symptoms in School Age Children, Presentation given to the psychology staff of Harrison School District, Harrison, NY

2006 Presenter, Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescence: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-sponsored presentation given to adolescents (10th graders) attending St. Joseph’s High School, Brooklyn, NY

 2007 Presenter, Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescence: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-sponsored presentation given to adolescents (9th graders) attending St. Joseph’s High School, Brooklyn, NY

 2007 Presenter, Identifying Anxiety Symptoms in School Age Children, Presentation given to school social workers at Promise Academy, New York, NY

2008 Presenter, Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Presentation given to social workers, Queens Children’s Psychiatric Center, Queens, NY

2008 Presenter, School Refusal in Anxious Youth: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill-sponsored presentation given to parents during weekly phone conference, New York, NY

Publications:

Pimentel, S., Robin, J., Comer, J., Regan, J., & Albano, AM.  (2007).  From everyday worries to anxiety disorders in youth: A cognitive-behavioral approach for helping children cope with a scary world.  Child and Family Journal, 10 (2), 31-44.

Robin, J.A., Cohan, S., Hambrick, J, & Albano, A.M.  (2007) Avoidant personality disorder.  In M. Reinecke and A. Freeman (Eds.), Personality disorders in children and adolescents.  New York:  Plenum.

Suveg, C., Kendall, P.C., Comer, J.S., & Robin, J.A. (2006). Emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for anxious youth: A multiple-baseline evaluation. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 36, 77-85.

Suveg, C., Ginsburg, G., Robin, J.A., Krain, A., Roblek, T., & Aschenbrand, S. (2006). Family considerations when conducting cognitive behavior therapy with anxious youth. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 20, 287-289.

Robin JA, Puliafico AC, Comer JS, Creed TA, Hofflich S, Barmish A, & Kendall PC (2006). Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In RT Ammerman (Ed.). Comprehensive Handbook of Personality and Psychopathology, Vol. 3. (pp. 117-134). Wiley: New York

Robin JA & Kendall PC (2006). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children. In A Freeman, Ed.D. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Kluwer: New York.

Kendall PC, Robin JA, Hedtke K, Suveg C, Flannery-Schroeder E, & Gosch E (2005). Considering cognitive behavior therapy for anxious youth: Think exposures. Cognitive Behavioral Practice, 12, 136-150.

Hirshfeld-Becker DR, Biederman J, Faraone SV, Robin JA, Friedman D, Rosenthal JM, Rosenbaum JF (2004). Pregnancy complications associated with childhood anxiety disorders. Depression and Anxiety, 19, 152-162.

Robin JA , Creed TA, Hudson JL, & Kendall, PC (2003). Treatment adherence. In T Ollendick & C Schroeder (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Pediatric and Child Psychology, pp.679-680. Plenum: New York.

Hudson JL, Kendall PC, Coles ME, Robin JA, & Webb A (2002). The other side of the coin: Using prevention and intervention research in the anxiety disorders to inform developmental psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology: Special Issue, 14, 819-841.

Kendall PC, Choudhury M, Chung H, & Robin JA (2002). Cognitive-behavioral approaches. In M Lewis. (Ed.). Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Lippincott Williams & Williams: Philadelphia.

Biederman J, Faraone SV, Hirshfeld-Becker DR, Friedman D, Robin JA, & Rosenbaum JF (2001). Patterns of psychopathology and dysfunction in high-risk children of parents with panic disorder and major depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 158: 49-57.

Hirshfeld-Becker DR , Fredman SJ, Robin JA, & Rosenbaum JF (1999). The etiology of social anxiety disorder. In HGM Westenberg & JA den Boer. (Eds.). Focus on Psychiatry: Social Anxiety Disorder. Syn-Thesis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Honors and Awards:

2004 Research Incentive Fund Award, Temple University

2004 Bolton Fund Award, Temple University

2004 Education Award, Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation

2003 National Research Service Award, National Institute of Mental Health

2003 Faculty Commendation for Excellence (based on coursework, research activities, collegiality, and professional demeanor), Temple University

1999-2003 Tuition Award and Graduate Assistantship, Temple University

1997 Magna Cum Laude graduate, Tufts University

1997 Joanne Mary Sullivan Prize for Excellent Promise in the Study of Psychology, Tufts University

1993-1997 Dean's List, Tufts University