Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, California Chapter, 2022, Annual Conference. Giving Voice to the Preverbal: The Importance of an Individuated, Culturally Competent Approach When Intervening with Babies and Toddlers and their Families. Deborah Wald, JD, CFLS, Alicia F. Lieberman, PhD, Robin Silverman, JD, PhD, Hon. Roger Chan
Invited Presenter (2020), Contra Costa County Bar Association, Family Law Section, Brown Bag Series. Coparenting with Infants and Toddlers: Special Challenges Arising from Covid-19 Related Social Distancing.
Plenary Panel (2020), Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, California Chapter, 2020 Annual Conference. Improving Outcomes for Traumatized Family Court Litigants. Deborah H. Wald, JD, CFLS, Leslie M. Drozd, Ph.D, Monica F. Wiley, Judge, Robin Silverman, JD, PhD. (My emphasis was the neurobiology of trauma and psychological intervention strategies.)
Silverman, R., Stanley, L. (2017). Current views on psychosis and Rorschach interpretation. Clinical Presentation, California Medical Facility, Vacaville.
Reader Participant (2016). Lit Crawl San Francisco. Where literature hits the streets, with Karen Bjorneby, Judy Myers, Saramanda Swigart, and Thaai Walker. Read a chapter from a novel in progress.
Lemon Reef Novel Readings: Palm Springs, CA (2011); San Francisco, CA (2012, 2013); Province Town, MA (2012); Miami, FL (2013).
Invited Presenter (2008) Special Issues in Child Custody Mediation with Families with Infants and Toddlers, Northern Region Child Custody Mediation Conference, California Administration of the Courts, San Francisco. (Three-hour workshop.)
Panel Participant (2008). Keeping the child at the center of the work, First Five, Every Child Counts workshop for professionals working with children birth to five and their families, Alameda, CA.
Silverman, R (1999). Maternal attributions and projective identification: How one mother’s experience of abuse as a child affected her capacity for empathy with her own child. Stanford/Mt. Zion Health Services Grand Rounds, San Francisco.
Silverman, R., Johnson, V., Compton, N., Davidovitz, D. (1998). Treatment of mothers and children from violent households. 4th International Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence, San Diego, CA.
Demas, V., Lieberman, A.F., Seligman, S. Silverman, R. (1998). How the ghosts get into the nursery. Panel Presentation, Division 39, American Psychological Association, Spring Meeting, Boston, MA.
Silverman, R., (1998). Child-parent psychotherapy: A relationship based intervention for mothers and children from violent households. Conference for the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Salt Lake City, UT.
Silverman, R., Zeanah, C., (1995). Maternal attributions of aggression: Attachment disorder in a “reckless” toddler named Andy. Zero To Three, The National Center, 10th National Training Institute, Atlanta, GA.
Berkenkotter, E., Silverman, R., (1994). Integrating infant mental health and public health intervention in home-visiting programs: Three-year pilot program. Maternal Child Health Conference, San Diego.
Publications
Lemon Reef (a novel), Bold Strokes Books, 2012. Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Best Mystery, 2013; Golden Crown Literary Society, Best Debut Author, 2013; Rainbow Award, Best Debut Author, 2012; Alice B. Literary Society Reader’s Award, Excellent First Work, 2013; Pushcart Prize Nominee, 2013. Lieberman, A.F., St. John, M., Silverman, R. (2007). Passionate attachments and parental exploitations of dependency in infancy and early childhood. In Attachment and Sexuality, eds. Diamond, Blatt and Lichtenberg, The Analytic Press. Silverman, R., (2001). What Xena giveth Xena taketh away: Homophobia and family television. The Gay & Lesbian Review, Harvard Press, vol. 8, No. 4. Lieberman, A.F., Silverman, R., Pawl, J.H., (2000). Infant-parent psychotherapy: Core concepts and contemporary trends. In: Handbook of Infant Mental Health, ed. C. Zeanah. Guilford Press. Silverman, R., Lieberman, A.F. (1999). Maternal attributions, projective identification, and the intergenerational transmission of violent relational patterns. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol. 9, No. 2. The Analytic Press. Silverman, R., Lieberman, A.F. (1999). Symposium on projective identification revisited: Reply to commentaries on integrating clinical infant research, attachment theory, and Kleinian concepts of phantasy. Psychoanalytic Dialogues, vol.9, No.2. The Analytic Press. Silverman, R. (1998). [Review of the book Growing Up in a Lesbian Family]. Infant Mental Health Journal, vol. 19, No.4. Wiley Press. Silverman, R., Lieberman, A.F., Pekarsky, J.H. (1997). Anxiety disorder in infancy and early childhood. In: O-3 Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood Case Book, eds. A.F Lieberman, S. Weider, and E. Fenichel. Zero To Three National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families. Silverman, R. (1997). Traumatic bonds: Sequelae of maternal trauma in the mother-infant relationship (Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California 1997).
Robin Silverman is a clinical psychologist in Marin County specializing in psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults, as well as co-parenting counseling and child custody dispute resolutions.
Robin Silverman is a clinical psychologist in Marin County specializing in psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults, as well as co-parenting counseling and child custody dispute resolutions.