Robin Johnson , LMSW, LICSW

Robin Johnson is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and other life challenges. She uses a direct, transparent style and encourages clients to take the lead while she offers guidance and tools. Robin holds LMSW and LICSW credentials and practices from Michigan. Robin draws on client-centered methods and skills-based approaches to address mood, relationship, and behavior concerns. She often teaches emotion regulation, grounding, and coping skills so clients can manage intense feelings in daily life. Cognitive techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced options. Her approach blends structured exercises with open conversation. Sessions can include skill practice, problem-solving, and checking how changes feel in real life. She uses motivational techniques when people want to change habits related to substance use or other addictions. Robin’s work covers a broad set of concerns including grief, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar and mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and trauma or abuse. She also supports people navigating relationship and family problems and addresses women’s issues as part of that scope. With eight years of experience, Robin aims to keep therapy practical and focused on steps that help between sessions. She offers daytime hours during the week and some chat sessions in the evenings or weekends. The format includes video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.

Approaches that fit online care

Robin blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, empathy, and following the client’s priorities so people feel heard and in charge of the process. Cognitive behavioral therapy is practical and skills-focused, helping people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different actions to change mood and behavior.

She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when intense emotions or relationship struggles are present. DBT-based skills include emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can be practiced between sessions and reviewed together. The therapist will discuss which approaches feel most useful and adjust them based on goals, preferences, and how things change over time.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - offer flexibility for different days and needs. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and skill demonstration, phone calls are good when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and chat or text can fit quick check-ins or shorter coaching-style contacts. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice skills in everyday life.