About Robin
Robin Johnson is a licensed social worker who brings a straightforward, warm approach to therapy. She uses clear language and practical strategies to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or out of control. Robin works with adults on issues such as anxiety, stress, mood problems, grief, and substance use concerns.
Robin follows the person in front of her while offering guidance. Sessions are collaborative - clients set the pace and she helps map steps forward.
Background and approach
Her style blends direct feedback with empathy, humor, and respect to keep conversations honest and focused. She uses a mix of evidence-informed methods and practical skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and emotion regulation techniques are used for managing intense feelings and reducing impulsive reactions. Mindfulness and grounding exercises are offered to reduce anxiety and improve attention in stressful moments. Motivational Interviewing supports people who are weighing change, including questions about substance use or behavior shifts.
Client-centered work keeps sessions tailored to each person’s goals. Robin holds a Master of Arts and both LMSW and LICSW credentials. She has eight years of practice experience in the kinds of issues listed above and works with clients in Michigan.
Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Practical skills and online care for anxiety and mood
Robin uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people find and change thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck; CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, OCD patterns, and low mood. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness for handling intense feelings and relationship stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Robin will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as progress and needs change. That process is collaborative and paced by the person in therapy.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is helpful when visual connection matters, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat can suit shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to use skills in everyday moments and to keep consistent scheduling.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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