About Robyn
Robyn Thorsted is a Utah licensed mental health counselor with nine years of clinical experience. She focuses on grief, parenting concerns, self-esteem, stress and anxiety, depression, addictions, attention-related issues, and coping with major life changes. Robyn speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable for worried parents and individuals looking for steady support.
Robyn believes people know their own stories and brings a respectful, strength-based approach to conversations.
How Robyn works
She listens for practical patterns and helps clients build clearer routines and skills. In sessions she uses straightforward techniques to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve day-to-day functioning. Her work draws on several evidence-informed methods.
She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, and client-centered listening to help people clarify values and change unhelpful behavior. She also uses attachment-focused ideas and some dialectical behavior techniques when emotion regulation and relationship patterns are priorities.
Robyn has additional focus areas that include adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family challenges, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and hospice and end-of-life counseling. She also supports those facing guilt, shame, isolation, impulsivity, or intellectual disability related challenges. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Robyn works with clients in Utah and brings a collaborative, down-to-earth style aimed at steady progress and practical coping.
Robyn lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Robyn works with
The areas below are the ones Robyn selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
How Robyn's Approaches Translate to Online Work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on identifying what matters to a person and taking small, value-driven steps. It helps with anxiety, depression, and coping when life feels stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to reduce distress and shift unhelpful patterns. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses and can help people improve trust and communication in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Robyn will discuss these methods with each client and choose techniques based on the person's needs, goals, and preferences. She treats this as a collaborative process and adjusts strategies as progress is made.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or video is not needed, live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work through life transitions.
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