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Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of Philosophy

Specialty: Clinical Psychology
New York, New York
Blog: http://www.shrinktalk.net/
I am a licensed Clinicial Psychologist with specialized training in mood and anxiety conditions. I... Full Bio
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The Times They Are A-Changin' by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health ShrinkTalk.Net's host company, Rudius Media, is going to be closing up shop very soon. This site (and me, assuming I don't die from the flu that is currently coarsing through ... Read on »
A Critical Error in Parenting by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health My mother told me that I'm no longer allowed to say negative things about her on this site. I believe the exact words were "stop humiliating me you ungrateful...ingrate! ... Read on »
A Critical Error in Parenting by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health My mother told me that I'm not allowed to say negative things about her on this site any longer. I believe were the exact words were "stop humiliating me you ungrateful. ... Read on »
A Russian Doctor Hates Me by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Years ago I got branded as a racist for refusing to treat a client whose primary language was Russian. Apparently this was a woman who was depressed and could have benefited ... Read on »
A Russian Doctor Hates Me by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Years ago I got branded as a racist for refusing to treat a client whose primary language was Russian. Apparently this was a woman who was depressed and could have benefited ... Read on »
Football Coaches Suck at Discipline by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Earlier this year, Oregon football player LeGarrette Blount was suspended for the entire season for sucker punching an opposing player in the face. Given that this was his se ... Read on »
Reminder Calls by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Dr. Rob, I read your recent post on how you hate it when new clients don't attend their first appointments. As usual, you pulled the 'woe is me' card and tried to paint the w ... Read on »
Respect Office Policy or Feel my Wrath by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I get a lot of phone calls from potential clients who are in crisis. Rarely are the initial calls based on life or death situations, such as an immediate suicidal threat. Ra ... Read on »
Stop Trying 'Really, Really Hard' to Get Off of Your Medicine by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health My friend told me that she wants to stop taking her anti-anxiety medication."It's important for me to get off of it. I want to try really, really hard to eliminate it fr ... Read on »
Why You Want to Have Sex with Tucker Max (It's Not Because His Movie Opens This Week) by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Our company's head honcho, Tucker Max, becomes a household name this week with the release of his first film, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. The movie is based on his book of ... Read on »
Safety is a Myth by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health When a client arrives at the office suite I share with a few other clinicians, there is a buzzer to press which notifies the therapist of his or her presence. The therapist p ... Read on »
I Have Excessive Guilt by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health My mother was in town recently, and took me to a salon for a massage. I'd never been and the idea didn't excite me like it does for many others. Not only am I not much of a ... Read on »
Reuniting With Your First Love...on the Net by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health They say that you never forget your first love. And with the exception of yours truly, who would rather stick his tongue in a bear trap than even think about his high school ... Read on »
How to Make Yourself Miserable, Twitter Style by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health I've been reading some of my Twitter posts and there seems to be a pattern developing:You need to take this crowded elevator from the 5th floor to the 4th? Really? I don't see ... Read on »
Is Therapy Advice? by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health As a professional I've been erroneously labeled many things: Charlatan, Quack, Psychobabblist, Witch Doctor, Asshole, Inner Child Molester and Psycho Lover, just to name a few ... Read on »
Shrinks Need to Lie by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Unlike Dr. Pete, I'm very fortunate that I'm not frazzled when clients approach me outside of the office. Even though I live and work in New York City, an island with million ... Read on »
Can Dr. Pete Find True Love on Match.com? by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Usually around the spring and summertime, my single clients tend to amp up their dating activity. Hope springs eternal and when the weather gets better people seem to want th ... Read on »
Two Years of ShrinkTalk: Let's go Back to the Beginning by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Sunday marked the two-year anniversary of the launch of ShrinkTalk.Net. Quite honestly, most of my friends and family stopped reading about 18 months ago, so if you're one of ... Read on »
A Few Announcements by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Since I'm not traveling this summer for the fourth consecutive year - I'm so boring that I can't even think of somewhere fun to go - I have a little extra time to share some c ... Read on »
HotWheelz and Dr. Rob: Together At Last, Part 2 by Dr. Rob Dobrenski Doctor of PhilosophyHealth Maven Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Hotwheelz and I continue our conversation below. Read part one here. Our discussion takes an interesting turn and focuses on sex, or the lack thereof, for Hotwheelz. In my ... Read on »
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