About Robin
Robin Livingston-Richter is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, eating and body-image concerns, ADHD, and life transitions. Robin writes in a direct, supportive way and aims to make therapy usable for daily life.
Robin has worked across many settings including hospitals, day treatment centers, shelters, outpatient clinics, and independent practice. That variety shaped a flexible approach to common problems like sleep disruption, impulsivity, low self-esteem, addictions, and mood shifts.
Background and approach
She also supports people sorting through family-of-origin issues, parenting strain, and career questions. Her sessions are goal-focused and often use cognitive behavioral techniques to name patterns and try small changes. She pairs that with client-centered listening so people feel heard while they practice new skills.
Mindfulness and narrative tools are woven in to help with awareness and shifting unhelpful stories about self and relationships. Robin has run groups and community projects, including co-founding a nonprofit that helps parents and caring adults of children with mental health conditions.
She also leads a virtual parenting group for parents of teenagers and offers practical coaching strategies for students, parents, and employees. She is based in Minnesota and trained at the University of Minnesota, graduating from graduate school in 1993. Outside of work she enjoys exercise, music, time outdoors, travel, sports, and being with her husband, two grown children, and her dogs.
How Robin’s approaches translate to online work
Robin uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. That approach breaks problems into small, manageable steps and suits issues like anxiety, mood concerns, sleep, and impulsivity.She also practices client-centered therapy, which means sessions begin with listening and reflecting to understand what matters most to each person. This helps shape practical goals and keeps the work grounded in the client's priorities.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Robin will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust based on what is helpful. She collaborates with clients to set clear goals and measure progress over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and feedback. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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