Robby Stein is a child psychoanalyst, adult, couples and family therapist who has practiced in England and the USA for over 40 years. He has been a staff member of the Tavistock Clinic and Director of the Family Day Unit of the Marlborough Hospital in London. He is the former Director of Child and Family Services of the Harborview counseling Center in Sag Harbor. In addition to his private practice in New York City and the East End of Long Island, he has lectured throughout the world in hospitals, clinics and schools, helping professionals and parents better understand the relationships between child development and family dynamics. Along with papers on child and family therapy, he has also written on art, literature, meditation, yoga, and neuroscience. His work includes research on the neurobiology of sleep and its connection to later development, the production of a series of video films on weaning, the observation of young children, and a film on W.R. Bion, Samuel Beckett’s psychoanalyst. He is an independent consultant to several philanthropic trusts, specializing in generational education. Robby has served as the Deputy Mayor of the Village of Sag Harbor, and on the Boards of Bay Street Theater, the British Mental Health Film Council, and the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center. Currently he is on the Board of Space on Ryder Farm; a residential theater program, and Organic Farm in Brewster NY. He is the Board president of South Fork Bakery; an employment, training and job placement program for special needs adults.
