Robin Livingston-Richter, LICSW

Robin Livingston-Richter is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with more than 25 years of experience. She offers a validating, practical style that focuses on helping people meet clear goals. Robin emphasizes straightforward strategies people can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day.

She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Robin also teaches mindfulness and intentional living as a way to manage stress and build focus. Her approach is solution-oriented and emphasizes small, doable steps toward problems that feel overwhelming.

Robin has worked in hospitals, day treatment centers, shelters, outpatient clinics, and private practice. That range of settings informs a flexible way of working that fits different life situations. She also co-founded a nonprofit called Mental Health Navigators to support parents and caring adults of young people with mental health challenges.

She runs a virtual parenting group aimed at parents of teenagers and provides ADHD life coaching and success strategies for students, parents, and employees. Robin uses these practical tools to support problems such as stress, anxiety, eating and food-related issues, depression, and coping with life changes including midlife crisis.

Outside of work she enjoys exercise, music, travel, time outdoors, and cheering for local sports teams. She lives in Minnesota with her husband, two adult children, and her dogs.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Robin commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to support people dealing with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions. Cognitive behavioral techniques focus on identifying and shifting thought patterns and behaviors that get in the way of daily functioning, while mindfulness teaches skills for noticing thoughts and sensations without getting pulled into them. Both approaches lend themselves to concrete homework, short Skill practice, and measurable progress.

She also practices a client-centered stance that prioritizes the person's goals and pace. That means choices about which strategies to try come from a collaborative conversation rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Together the therapist and client decide what fits the client's needs, goals, and preferences as sessions move forward.

Confirm the current online session options before booking to know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into busy lives - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, and make it simpler to keep regular appointments. The clinician will suggest practical ways to use CBT and mindfulness work between meetings so progress continues outside session time.