Robin Livingston-Richter

Robin Livingston-Richter is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 25 years of experience. She offers a practical, validating style that focuses on clear steps toward better daily functioning. Parents and adults often find her approach straightforward and solutions-focused.

Robin uses cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and mindfulness work to help people cope with stress, anxiety, mood problems, and changes in life. She also brings experience with ADHD coaching and practical success strategies for students, parents, and employees. Her background includes hospitals, day treatment programs, shelters, outpatient clinics, and private practice in Minnesota.

She helps people sort through eating and body image concerns, addiction and impulsivity, sleep problems, and challenges with self-esteem and relationships. Robin also supports those handling family of origin issues, emptiness, isolation, and life-purpose questions. Intellectual disability appears among her focus areas, and she addresses related concerns as part of a broader clinical practice.

Robin co-founded Mental Health Navigators, a nonprofit that helps parents and caring adults who have a child with a mental health condition, and she facilitates a virtual parenting group for parents of teenagers. She earned her graduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 1993 and lives in Minnesota with her family.

Outside of clinical work she exercises, spends time outdoors, travels, and follows local sports teams. Her practical style aims to make small, useful changes that fit into busy family life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Robin combines goal-focused cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered listening to help people change unhelpful patterns and build small, manageable habits. CBT is used to identify thought and behavior patterns, try practical experiments, and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and respect, letting the person lead while the therapist reflects and clarifies to deepen understanding.

She also teaches mindfulness skills to help people notice their experience without judgment and to reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices can support stress management, sleep, and impulse control. Together these approaches aim to create workable routines and clearer thinking rather than abstract theory.

Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to set goals and try strategies that fit their life and priorities. Adjustments happen over time based on what helps most, so clients remain part of the decision-making.

Confirm the available online session options before booking because the biography does not list specific formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people participate from different locations. Discussing logistics up front helps match approach, timing, and session length to practical needs.