Dr. Robin L. Kay is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 21 years of clinical experience. In addition to her clinical work, she currently holds an appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. 

Current Professional Work

Clinical Practice

I maintain a private practice in Los Angeles, California where I treat individuals and couples via weekly psychotherapy sessions. I also provide therapy for out-of-town patients. In these cases, the entire course of treatment is generally conducted via 3-4 hour blocks on a monthly or semi-regular basis.

My work with patients is active and focused.  The therapy is based on full collaboration between myself and my patients.  My goal is to remove psychiatric symptoms and to help my patients regain or achieve their highest level of functioning as quickly as possible. Why waste any more time?  Life is precious.

Teaching 

Based on my love of teaching, I concentrate on supervising, lecturing and conducting clinical training groups for mental health professionals interested in learning Attachment-based Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy. In addition, I teach a yearlong course on AB-ISTDP for the psychiatry residents at UCLA.

Education and Professional Training

I obtained my undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkeley where I was a University Merit Scholar and a recipient of a Presidential Undergraduate Fellowship. I subsequently earned a Masters degree and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). My post-degree professional training includes 18 years of clinical experience.  I have been practicing ISTDP since l998. I received training in many accelerated models of individual and couples psychotherapy under the guidance of Drs. Josette ten Have-de Labije, Robert Neborsky, Pat Ogden, Diana Fosha, Marion Solomon and many other talented and esteemed colleagues and mentors. I studied Interpersonal Neurobiology and Mindful Parenting in Dr. Daniel J. Siegel's advanced study group and seminars.

The content on this site does not constitute medical advice, medical treatment or a patient-doctor (fiduciary) relationship.