The Robin Smith Show

Kirsten is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She received her Master’s degree from The Couple and Family Therapy program at University of Maryland. She is the owner and principal therapist at Kirsten Sidell Therapy LLC, where she provides services to clients in MD and DC. Kirsten specializes in working with couples, using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, which is based on attachment th...

Leah Messina is the founder and CEO of Sinuate Media, a marketing technology firm, in 2006 after working at a digital agency in NYC leading accounts for American Express, Sony Music, A&E Television, & others. She is an innovative digital media planner, delivering industry-leading marketing strategies, and is known for guiding clients to use the latest marketing technologies to get a compet...

Rich Del Grande is a full time teacher and part time performer and professional goofball. He got his start in performing competing in the Red Bull Flugtag followed by almost a decade at the Olney Boys and Girls Club's Field of Screams. He previously appeared on and did social media for the “ Now Available on Video Cassette ” podcast and was a frequent guest on MET Comedy Nights “The Last Hurr...

Kelley Glenn Smith is a YouTuber, podcaster, and political junkie momentarily turned, stay-at-home-mom. Her YouTube show Kindly Kelley offers viewers short helpful mom hacks, Day in the Life (DITL) scheduling videos, cleaning inspiration, meal planning inspiration, Oral Immunotherapy (OIT) for peanut allergy, and sometimes funny videos. She is also the host of the Restoring Regular Order podcast w...

George Whitehead is emeritus professor of Psychology at Salisbury University. His career at SU spanned 44 years. During those years he taught many excellent students, served as Department Chair and on committees at SU and in the community. He helped start the AmeriCorps program at SU. Working on this program reinforced his belief in the power of service learning. He revised several courses to incl...

Jerome C. Glenn is the CEO of The Millennium Project, a global participatory think tank with 68 Nodes around the world, which for the last 25 years has produced the annual report, The State of the Future. The State of the Future is a comprehensive overview of the present situation and prospects for humanity, integrating forecasts, trends, and judgments of thought leaders and scholars from around t...

Dr. Carla Messenger Shuman is a licensed clinical psychologist in Arlington Virginia. She is the owner and Director of a private practice, Mindful Solutions, LLC, and she has over 20 years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and adults. After earning a PhD from The George Washington University, she completed a post doctoral fellowship at Children’s National Medical Center in...

Alex Ribbentrop is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and founder of Live Free Psychotherapy, a private practice licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and Florida.  Alex is a Qualified Supervisor, EMDR Trained Clinician, Certified Complex Trauma Profession, and Certified Family Trauma Professional.  He is also a  two time recipient of George Mason University’s, ”Outstanding Master of Social Work Award”....

Rebecca is an art therapist and co-founder of Creative Wellbeing Workshops, LLC which provides individuals and organizations with training and resources for managing stress, preventing burnout, and increasing wellbeing.  She is co-author with her business partner Gioia Chilton of Positive art therapy theory and practice: Integrating positive psychology with art therapy and teaches on the topic at...

Dr. Julie Bindeman graduated from the George Washington University and is the co-owner of Integrative Therapy of Greater Washington in Rockville, Maryland. Her specialty is in the field of Reproductive Psychology, where she actively writes, lectures, and presents.  She is a consultant in training in EMDR through EMDRIA. She has served on several committees within the Mental Health Professional Gro...

An overly caffeinated, and dangerously unmedicated Robin delivers an ADHD ramblefest about the limitations of his knowledge of world affairs, how to make sense of conscious awareness from an "Internal Family Systems" framework, and reinterprets the lyrics to one of his songs, "Don't Forget the Lie". Please consider making a donation to United Help Ukraine . the Very Small...

Andrew P. Darby is the founding owner, Executive Director, and a psychotherapist at his practice Darby Integrative Counseling, a group psychotherapy practice located in Silver Spring, MD. He is a Maryland board approved supervisor through the Board of Social Work Examiners and the Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists providing supervision to Counseling, Social Work and Drug and Alcohol...

Tamara is a licensed clinical social worker and AASECT certified sex therapist who runs a private practice in the Washington DC area. She specializes in working with kinky, polyamorous and LGBTQ clients. Tamara has been working in the field of sex therapy since 2011 and since then has built a practice with a team of 8 who do individual and relationship therapy as well as educational events. Tamara...

Jonathan Le is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and the Founder of Anchor Point Professional Counseling, a mental health private practice located in Bethesda, Maryland. As a Chinese, first generation college student and business owner, Jonathan is passionate about bringing mental health awareness to minority communities. He hosts mental health workshops to educate business professionals,...

I ramble about the Bengals, the groundhog's accuracy rate, the Washington Commander's team name reveal, Russian figure skating, playing a track from the Very Small's debut album, and not a whole lot more. Olney Help http://www.olneyhelp.org/ the Very Small https://theverysmall.bandcamp.com/album/the-very-small -- Team Robley is excited to announce that listeners of The Robin Smith S...

Marilyn Binstock Spenadel is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and MD board Approved Clinical counseling Supervisor. She is also the creator of Authentically U Counseling, LLC and the HOLISTIC WELLNESS ENRICHMENT CENTER. She provides self-care workshops and in-person and virtual therapy sessions. Her therapeutic style and teachings can support you in healing connections to nurture mental...

Bar Lehmann is a licensed therapist who owns a private practice, Better State of Mind, located in Tenleytown in Washington, DC. Better State of Mind also provides remote services through Washington, DC and Virginia. Bar has spent about a decade providing clinical mental health services, primarily doing CBT talk therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, and neurofeedback. He is board certified and highly...

Gaby Barber is a marriage and family therapist working in private practice in Bethesda, Maryland. She completed her Master's degree in Couple and Family Therapy at the University of Maryland in 2017 and is currently completing her doctoral in Maternal and Child Health at University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the intersection between reproductive health and decision making and mental...

I ramble about getting covid, the VA DOT's royal fuckup on I-95, the tedious nature of passwords, sentimental garbage men, reminiscing about the 13 year anniversary of the Very Small's Debut Album, and a whole lot more. And don't forget to check out Counterfeit Molly's music - two featured tracks, The New Shit and A Carefully Wrapped Bullet. https://counterfeitmolly.bandcamp.co...

Jimmy Stewart is an award winning composer and performer in the Baltimore music scene. With a bachelor's in science and business administration he worked as a contractor for the government office of the Washington Navy Yard for 4 years and is now the program director for the float cyber security office for the U.S. Government. From his early days in Tampa Bay, FL he enlisted in the U.S. Navy...

Zack Be is an award-winning author, obscure songwriter, PhD student, and Couple and Family Therapist trapped in the Washington, DC area gravity well. As a writer, his science fiction work has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction and Writers of the Future v.36 . As a musician, he’s spent 13+ years playing, producing, touring, and otherwise toiling in the DC area music scene. As a therapist, he pred...

I ramble about: social media and content creator dilemmas feature some tunes by upcoming guest, Jimmy Stewart complain about not having enough IG followers reveal some super secret insiders analytics about you listeners, talk about a musician/therapist's perspective on Metallica's Some Kind of Monster (2004) and more! For you local listeners, Jimmy's got a show coming up on Dec 19th...

Cori Grieb is a bitcoin miner, systems security engineer, audio recording hobbyist, website builder and non-professional entertainer currently based in Catonsville, Maryland. He has worked in the IT industry for over 15 years and holds two major security certifications, the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and Security+.  He most recently worked out of Fort Meade as a So...

Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle is a licensed clinical psychologist and the president and founder of LiveWell Behavioral Health, a premier counseling center in Melbourne, Florida, where he and his team provide individual and group therapy sessions through in-person and telehealth settings. Mike has spoken at various conferences and seminars across the country on topics related to emotional and spiritual heal...

Garrett is a musician and audio engineer based out of Baltimore, MD. His journey with music and audio started with a drumset and recording to cassette tape on an old karaoke machine in his bedroom. Today he runs his own recording studio (The Watermelon Room), does live sound at venues in the Baltimore area, and is currently playing bass with Peace Loving Death Ray and Tim's Piano Show. Garret...