Dr. Rob is Available for Interviews

 

Dr. Rob is available for print, radio and television interviews on a variety of topics, including relationship issues, premarital counseling, marriage, love, infidelity, money issues, parenting, and the challenges of stepfamily life.

Past Interviews

 

Interviewed (September 24, 2016) by Dr. Dan Amzallag for Montgomery County Television. The program was on strategies for shy people to re-enter the dating scene. Program is available for viewing: Seminar 3 Part 1 - Seminar 3 Part 2

 

Interviewed (December 2012) by Regina DeMeo for Montgomery County Television. The Program was entitled “Making It Last,” and appeared on December 19, 2012. Click here to watch the interview

 

Interviewed (on August 27, 2010) by Mikhail Solodovnikov for a Russian language program on premarital and marriage counseling which appeared internationally on RTR TV Russia.

 

Interviewed (on August 12, 2010) by Julie Rasicot for an article on couples navigating role changes in marriage for an article in Bethesda Magazine November 2010.

 

Interviewed (on Sept. 16, 2009) by Ellen McCarthy of The Washington Post for what eventually became an article on Marriage Education in The Washington PostSunday Magazine, June 27, 2010.

 

Interviewed by Emily Friedman of ABC News for a story about the impact on children of learning that they have a half-sibling due a parent's extramarital affair, September 21, 2009.

 

Interviewed by Aisha Whaley for an online radio chat entitled ATo the Alter and Beyond: The Importance of Premarital Counseling@ on Blog Talk Radio, February 16, 2009. 

 

Interviewed by Ellen James Martin for an article entitled “When Disputes over Housing Costs Threaten Your Marriage”, which appeared in the Chicago Tribune on September 26, 2008

 

Interviewed by Karen Matthews of the Associated Press for a story on the impact of the Eliot Spitzer scandal on his three daughters, March 12, 2008.

 

Interviewed by Emily Friedman for a feature story entitled “How Children of Scandal Cope: Intimacy and Trust Issues Common Among Children of Scandal,” which appeared on ABCNews.com on March 12, 2008.

 

Interviewed by Melissa Cassutt for a story on technology and relationship to appear in the Colorado Springs Gazette on Jan. 24, 2008.

 

Interviewed by Shelley Widhalm for a story entitled “Sorting Out the Problem,” which appeared in The Washington Times, January 30, 2008.

 

Interviewed by Douglas Kennedy for a feature story entitled “Life is Short, Get a Divorce?” which appeared on Fox News, May 4, 2007, 5:18 p.m. national newscast.

 

Interviewed by Jennifer Hirshlag for an article on issues that couples face in going into business together, scheduled to appear in Footwear News in February 2007.

 

Interviewed by Hilary Howard for a radio program on marriage carried on Washington Post Radio on December 28, 2006, at 10:30 a.m.

 

Interviewed by Eric V. Copage for an article entitled “Marriage Is Not Built On Surprises,” which appeared in The New York Times on December 17, 2006.

 

Interviewed by Erin Gilbert about my book Relationship Enhancement Therapy for the “GWSCSW Book Corner” Column, which appeared in the GWSCSW News September 2006 issue.

 

Interviewed by Hilary Wicai for an National Public Radio Marketplace program entitled “No pre-nup? Try a post-nuptial, which ran on June 8, 2006.

 

Interviewed by Denise Kirsten Wills for a feature article entitled “Lessons in Love: Some couples are learning what makes marriage work – before the wedding, which appeared in Washingtonian Magazine, June 2006, pp. 163-66.

 

Interviewed by Sandra G. Boodman of an article entitled “Rules of Engagement: Before Saying 'I Do,' Many Couples Are Seeking Help in Resolving Inevitable Conflicts -- to Better Their Odds Against Divorce,” which appeared in The Washington Post on February 28, 2006, p. HE01.

 

Moderator of a Washington Post On-Line Chat on Premarital Counseling on February 28, 2006. 

 

Interviewed by Cheryl Solimini for an article on marriage scheduled to appear in Family Circle in February 2006.

 

Interviewed by Shelley Widhalm for an article entitled “Stay-at-home dilemma: Child wellbeing, family finances at odds,” which appeared in The Washington Times, June 28, 2005, p. A 02.

 

Interviewed by Dorothy Foltz-Gray for an article on marriage education which appeared in the January/February 2005 issue of Health.

 

Interviewed by Bruce Britt for an article entitled “It Takes Two to Do Couples Therapy,” which appeared in The Washington Post on March 8, 2005, p. C 10.

 

Interviewed by Shelley Widhalm for an article entitled “Important key to wedlock,” which appeared in The Washington Times, March 2, 2005, p. B 1, 4.

 

Interviewed by Aaron Brown for a CNN Newsnight with Aaron Brown Valentine’s Day program on marriage, divorce and marriage counseling, which aired on February 14, 2005.

 

Interviewed by Lynn Harris for a feature article entitled “Can Divorce Be Predicted?” for Lady’s Home Journal, which appeared October 18, 2004.

 

Interviewed by Terry Owens on WBJC TV-2's (ABC, Baltimore) “2 the Point” program, on the topics of current state of marriage, divorce and recovering from the trauma of infidelity, September 15, 2004.

 

Interviewed by Janis Graham for an article in Redbook magazine, for its July 2004 issue.

 

Interviewed by Val Farmer for a feature article entitled “Empathy can open door of the heart,” Preston Connection Syndicate, appeared week of March 1, 1999.

 

Conducted a roundtable discussion with two couples who had attended the Couples Relationship Enhancement® Weekend as part of a program segment on relationships for the NBC Today Show, October 23, 1997.

 

Interviewed by John Williams and Richard Panzer on "What's Your MQ (Marital Quotient)," on WALE Radio, Providence, RI, September 30, 1997.

 

Interviewed by Paul Strand on "The 700 Club," Christian Broadcast News, May 30, 1997.