The Gaslight Effect Podcast

Robin Stern

Booking Overview

Interview-focused mental health and emotional-wellness show centered on gaslighting, trauma, recovery, abusive relationships, and rebuilding self-trust, typically featuring authors, psychologists, researchers, practitioners, and people with relevant lived experience. Credible pitches include trauma and resilience researchers, relationship-abuse and coercive-control specialists, recovery authors, and qualified clinicians with a strong framework or book; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 108

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Female

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 15.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

dianna@thegaslighteffectpodcast.com

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Host

Robin Stern - Psychologist, author of The Gaslight Effect, and co-founder of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Psychologists, mental-health researchers, clinicians, recovery specialists, authors, educators, and qualified practitioners with expertise or meaningful lived experience related to gaslighting, trauma, abuse, coercive control, betrayal, resilience, or emotional intelligence.

Required Achievements:

Published books on trauma, recovery, relationships, or emotional health, Academic research or university appointments in psychology or related fields, Founded specialized recovery, education, or mental-health organizations, Established professional practice, speaking career, or media platform

Recent Guest Discussions

Vail Brokaw - Youth Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Sustainability, And Practicing Peace In Everyday Relationships And Communities.

Sasan Korangy - Youth Peacebuilding, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Sustainability, And Practicing Peace In Everyday Relationships And Communities.

George Bonanno - Grief, Trauma, Resilience, Bereavement, Potentially Traumatic Events, Flexible Thinking, And Recovery After Profound Loss.

Chris Shelton - Life After Scientology, Cult Recovery, Coercive Control, Gaslighting, Authoritarian Systems, Trauma Education, And Rebuilding Self-trust.

Debi Silber - Betrayal Recovery, Post Betrayal Syndrome, The Five Stages Of Recovery, Trauma Symptoms, Rebuilding Trust, And Restoring Confidence And Self-worth.

Recent Topics

Health, Mental Health, Gaslighting, Trauma Recovery, Abusive Relationships

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The Gaslight Effect Podcast

A One-on-One Cult: Marissa Ghavami on Spiritual Manipulation and Trauma Recovery

October 06, 2026

In this episode of The Gaslight Effect Podcast, Dr. Robin Stern welcomes Marissa Ghavami, an advocate, actor, singer, producer, public speaker, trauma-informed coach, and founder of the nonprofit Healing TREE. Marissa shares the story of the late-adolescent trauma that shaped her life and her work: a friendship and roommate relationship that slowly became psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, and cultically abusive. What began as a magical, deeply affirming connection turned into a one-o...

What Teenagers Are Teaching Adults About Peace with Sasan Korangy and Vail Brokaw

September 22, 2026

In this special episode of The Gaslight Effect Podcast for the International Day of Peace, Dr. Robin Stern welcomes Sasan Korangy and Vail Brokaw, co-founders of Young Leaders for Peace, a program developed in partnership with the University for Peace in Costa Rica and its New York office. Sasan and Vail share how their interest in peacebuilding began not with world leaders or international negotiations, but with the everyday conflicts they saw around them: arguments at lunch tables, tension ...

25 Years After 9/11: Dr. George Bonanno on Grief, Trauma, and Resilience

September 08, 2026

In this special re-release marking the 25th anniversary of September 11, Dr. Robin Stern revisits her conversation with Dr. George Bonanno, professor of clinical psychology at Columbia University and author of The End of Trauma and The Other Side of Sadness. Dr. Bonanno has spent decades studying how people cope with loss, grief, and potentially traumatic events, including terrorist attacks, natural disasters, bereavement, and life-threatening experiences. In this conversation, he and Robin e...

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