Leah Robbins, Ph.D. received her doctorate in psychology from Alliant International University in 2005. Her dissertation on Disorganized Attachment in a war deployed military sample received the F. Joseph McGuigan Student Research Award.
She is a Certified Coder in ABC Attachment Classification and the Facial Action Coding System. She was trained in Organized and Disorganized Attachment at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota with Alan Sroufe, Ph.D. and Elizabeth Carlson, Ph.D.
She has done presentations on a variety of topics ranging from trauma to community and social psychology. Dr. Robbins has spoken on attachment theory, Disorganized Attachment, dissociation, taking precautions against HIV transmission, rehabilitation in the prison system, and the social construction of gender in the media.
Dr. Robbins is currently writing a publication on Disorganized Attachment and dissociation and looking forward to opening a practice specializing in the treatment of trauma and attachment issues. She works from a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirically supported treatments. Her theoretical orientation involves an integrative approach drawing from humanistic, developmental/attachment theory and cognitive-behavioral influences. She has a holistic view on healing that incorporates the mind, body and spirit.
