About Robin
Dr. Robin Andrus is a licensed mental health counselor with 31 years of experience. She creates a calm, respectful space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and parenting concerns.
Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at helping individuals find practical ways forward. Dr. Andrus combines several approaches to meet each person’s needs.
She draws on attachment-focused work to look at how close relationships shape emotions.
How Robin works
She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. Motivational interviewing supports people who want clearer direction or need help making a change. Sessions emphasize listening, clear feedback, and simple tools to use between meetings.
Dr. Andrus helps people notice patterns, strengthen coping skills, and set realistic goals. Topics she commonly addresses include trauma and abuse, parenting stress, intimacy issues, ADHD, identity and LGBT concerns, and navigating life transitions.
Main locations are in Washington and sessions are offered in English. She works with people dealing with family problems, attachment and adoption concerns, codependency, communication issues, and feelings of guilt or shame. Her aim is to help clients build resilience and steady routines that fit their daily life.
People who meet with Dr. Andrus can expect collaborative, practical sessions that focus on what matters now. She emphasizes respect and clear steps forward so progress feels manageable.
Over time clients often gain more clarity, healthier boundaries, and stronger self-trust.
Robin lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Robin works with
The areas below are the ones Robin selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape feelings and relationship patterns. In online sessions this helps people understand closeness, trust, and triggers so they can adjust how they relate to partners and loved ones. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes. It works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by giving clear steps to try between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to tap into personal values and strengthen commitment to change; it is useful when someone feels stuck or uncertain about next steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals, try different techniques, and pick methods that match the client’s needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process where the person’s feedback guides which tools get used more often.
Online therapy can fit into busy lives because it offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging lets people have shorter or more frequent touchpoints during the week. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills in real time.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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