Robin Burns , LCSW

Robin Burns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and self-esteem struggles. She focuses on practical steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Robin works with women on issues tied to identity, life transitions, and the unique pressures many women face. Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions center on the client's story and strengths. She listens first, then offers tools people can use between meetings. Robin blends several evidence-informed methods to match what each person needs. She uses techniques to help regulate intense emotions, reframe unhelpful thoughts, and strengthen important relationships. The goal is clearer thinking and steadier responses to stress. She often helps people handle specific challenges such as abandonment, attachment worries, body image concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and coping after trauma. Robin also supports those adjusting to aging, adoption or foster care issues, and major life transitions. In sessions she focuses on skill-building and small experiments clients can try between meetings. Progress is tracked with practical steps rather than vague promises. Robin aims to make therapy useful and understandable every week.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values even when emotions are intense. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck from unhelpful patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT helps with depression, anxiety, and managing everyday symptoms by teaching concrete skills. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and aims to build safer, more connected ways of relating to others. Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals and preferences. Sessions can shift over time so strategies evolve as progress is made. Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions are helpful for lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging give frequent touchpoints between sessions and a flexible way to process thoughts as they come up. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different session formats to see what feels most useful.