[1][2] She gained a post-doctoral certificate in psychoanalytic group psychotherapy from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.

[4][5] According to Ken Fuchsman, writing in The Journal of Psychohistory, Stern was one person who brought the term 'gaslighting' to more widespread attention and he described her book as "essential reading in the age of Trump".

[4] In 2011 she published Project Rebirth, which traces the lives of eight people directly affected by the September 11 attacks.

[8] The study showed that due to bullying, LGBTQ students have more negative school experiences than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.

[8] The same study showed that students who have both a gender and sexual minority identity such as a lesbian transgender girl, experience bullying more frequently and report positive experiences in school the least, when compared to students with either a gender or sexual minority identity.