About Robin
Robin Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 30 years of experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, and parenting. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what is worrying you. Her approach aims to help people feel steadier and more able to handle day-to-day problems.
Robin uses practical, strength-based methods that focus on what is working and what can change. She helps clients build clearer communication, manage strong emotions like anger or grief, and make plans for life transitions.
Background and approach
Sessions often include straightforward tools and small steps that fit into a busy life. Her background includes training as a medical doctor and long experience in social work across many settings. That mix helps her link emotional concerns with the real-life limits people face, such as caregiving stress or workplace pressures.
She pays attention to cultural and life-context factors that shape how problems show up. Robin favors collaboration in therapy. She works together with each person to set goals and choose methods that feel right.
Expect a friendly, practical tone and a focus on skills you can use between sessions. Many people seek her help for relationship conflicts, blended family issues, grief, money worries, and questions about life purpose. She also supports people facing discrimination, multicultural concerns, and women’s issues.
Sessions are offered in English and available to international clients. Robin holds an MD and is licensed as a LCSW-C and LCSW in Virginia. Her practice combines experience, common-sense tools, and attention to individual strengths to help people move forward.
Practical approaches for online therapy that fit your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful relationship. It helps people who need a calm space to talk through feelings and figure out what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions and teaches simple skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns. These approaches work well for stress, mood concerns, coping with life changes, and relationship problems.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and daily constraints, and then recommend ways of working that suit you. That collaborative process means methods can change over time as needs shift and progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and situations. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits during a break. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, ongoing check-ins, or when writing out thoughts feels clearer. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Virginia, Maryland
- Languages
- English