 Hello Rebecca, how are we feeling today? 'We'..sorry that's lame Doctor talk. How are you feeling today?
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Dr. Daniel Shin is a psychiatrist who is a graduate of Syracuse University. He lives in West Covina, California and is on staff at the Glenn Willow Medical Center and the adjoining Mount Christine Outpatient Center. Shin is soft spoken and has great patience with those that he treats. His physical attractiveness earned him the nickname “Dr. Damn” from Paula Proctor. Daniel’s first appearance was in the Season Three episode "Josh is Irrelevant." He is portrayed by actor Jay Hayden. |
History[]
Season Three[]
In 2017, Dr. Daniel Shin had a new patient named Rebecca Bunch, an attorney at a local law firm. She had been brought into Glenn Willow Medical Center after having attempted suicide on a flight from her home in Scarsdale to Los Angeles. He visited Rebecca in her room after she recovered from having her stomach pumped of the anti-anxiety pills she tried to overdose on. Her friend and co-worker Paula Proctor was there and Daniel was put off by her smothering behavior towards Rebecca. He told Rebecca that he believed she had been misdiagnosed by all her previous therapists. Daniel assured her that he would work with her current psychiatrist Dr. Noelle Akopian to try and correctly identify the mental affliction she was suffering from.
Sometime later he scheduled an appointment with Rebecca after having finished studying her case. She arrived excited to be told what her new diagnosis was but Daniel had a few caveats before telling her. He told her his research was thorough but she needed to curb her enthusiasm as no diagnosis was perfect. In addition he specifically warned her not to look up her condition online. Daniel then told Rebecca he believed she suffered from Borderline Personality Disorder. Rebecca was unsure how to react to this as she was unfamiliar with the condition and began asking questions. Daniel told her they would discuss it at length once she attended the group therapy session her but she decided to skip and research the condition herself despite his warnings ("Josh is Irrelevant.").
Later, he suggests Rebecca to spend more time reconnecting with the real world around her, while suggests that he should have some stickers to award her when she does something good. After spending a few days with Paula and Paula's dad, she goes to Nathaniel and sleeps with him. At the next session, Rebecca realizes that she's a human, and therefore, not perfect. Dr. Shin sees this as an improvement and awards her a sticker ("Getting Over Jeff.").
Two weeks later, Rebecca's tells him about her relationship with Nathaniel and how she's worried that she's repeating the same obsessive patterns. He reassures her and tells her to keep that in mind while she's getting to know him. At the group therapy meeting, Rebecca tells them that she wants to fix Nathaniel's life. Everybody, including Shin, think that meddling is not a good idea. At the next individual session, he warns Rebecca that even if she has good intentions, she could still be repeating the obsessive behavior. Rebecca herself realizes this when she starts saying statements about Nathaniel in the same way as she did about Josh ("Nathaniel Needs My Help!").
At the next session, Rebecca tells Shin that she broke up with Nathaniel and that now she has a lot of free time. Dr. Shin suggest that she could use that free time to help and put the passion on more positive efforts. She volunteers to help Valencia's wedding planning business. ("Nathaniel Gets the Message!"). Soon afterwards, Rebecca stopped going to Dr. Shin and has started going just to Dr. Noelle Akopian.
Season Four[]
One morning next year, he goes to his office and sees Rebecca sleeping on the bench outside. She told him that she'd stopped going to group therapy but promises that she would start again. He also, just like Noelle recommends taking antidepressants in addition to the therapy sessions, which she soon afterwards does ("I Need A Break").