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Abigail Brenner

Abigail Brenner

Abigail Brenner, MD attended New York Medical College and completed her internship and residency in psychiatry at New York University-Bellevue Medical Center. She spent many years as an attending physician at the NYU-Bellevue Adult Mental Hygiene Clinic and as an assistant clinical professor at New York University School of Medicine. A board certified psychiatrist in practice for more than 30 years, Dr. Brenner is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. She is the author of Transitions: How Women Embrace Change and Celebrate Life, SHIFT: How to Deal When Life Changes, co-author of The Essential Guide to Baby’s First Year, and an ordained Interfaith Minister. Dr. Brenner lives and works in San Francisco and New York City, is married, the mother of two, and a grandmother of four.

Blog Posts

  • August 5, 2011

    Moving On: 4 Essential Strategies for Making Career Transitions

    "The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one." - Oscar Wilde

    Working is one of the major pillars that support a satisfying and meaningful life. At its best, working helps define our identity, connects us to community, rewards us financially and materially, provides a vehicle for creativity and passionate expression, and gives us a sense of purpose.

    But life’s movement is not always smooth and direct; at times we’re caught up in the unpredictability of its twists and turns. This seems to describe the current climate; individuals thrown into economic uncertainty must now navigate the murky waters of job insecurity and the threat of unemployment. For many, working to make a living just to survive may quickly become a necessity rather than a choice.

  • June 10, 2011

    10 Tips to Managing a Change in Your Life

    Your life is a journey with lots of stops along the way and if you could have some idea what to expect, at least some of the time, you might feel a lot better about the whole thing.
    There are crossroads, back roads, peak experiences, mountains to climb, valleys of despair, wildernesses and wastelands, rivers to cross, forks in the road, detours, dead ends, and the open road. They’re all descriptive of places we’ve been. Wouldn’t it be nice to know beforehand what lies ahead in order to avoid an unpleasant, or difficult, or seemingly insurmountable, obstacle on our path?

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