Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Robin works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- MD, LCSW-C, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia, Maryland
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Robin
Robin Johnson is a licensed clinician with three decades of experience helping people navigate strong emotions and life changes. She uses clear, practical guidance to help clients manage stress, anger, anxiety, and mood shifts. Her approach is warm and straightforward, focused on building skills people can use right away.
Robin combines talk-based support with tools you can practice between sessions. She draws on client-centered techniques to follow each person's priorities.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and try different ways of responding. Her work covers relationship and family concerns in individual sessions, including communication struggles, blended family challenges, and separation stress. She also supports people coping with grief, caregiver strain, workplace tension, and finances that are affecting their emotional health.
Robin holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker in Virginia, with credentials listed as LCSW-C and LCSW. That background informs a steady, practical style and an emphasis on culturally aware care. Sessions focus on short-term goals and step-by-step change when that fits.
She uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify values and boost the motivation to try new habits. Many clients find this mix helpful when they want concrete ways to reduce anger, improve relationships, or feel more in control. People can expect direct feedback, homework-style exercises when useful, and an emphasis on strengths.
The aim is to leave each session with something to try between meetings and a clear next step toward calmer days.
What Robin works with
Everything Robin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Robin's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Robin lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Robin uses client-centered therapy to focus on what matters most to each person, listening first and shaping sessions around individual goals and strengths. This approach helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk through feelings and priorities.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches simple skills to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT is often useful for anxiety, anger, and mood concerns where small shifts in thinking can change reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Robin will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences rather than using one fixed style. Together they set priorities and adjust methods as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit brief check-ins or busy schedules. These options let people fit sessions into workdays, caregiving routines, or other life demands while keeping therapy consistent and practical.
Questions people ask about Robin
What concerns does Robin help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and client-centered, with clear tools to try between sessions and a focus on immediate steps you can use.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Robin has 30 years of experience working in a variety of settings with individuals and family concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MD and is credentialed as LCSW-C and LCSW, and practices from Virginia.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with sessions?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.