Robin Livingston-Richter , LICSW

Robin Livingston-Richter is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with more than 25 years of experience supporting teenagers, young adults, parents, and adults through a range of life challenges. She brings clinical work from hospitals, day treatment centers, shelters, outpatient clinics, and private practice into a practical, strengths-focused approach that emphasizes validation and workable strategies.

As an LICSW - a license that reflects advanced training and independent clinical practice in social work - she combines cognitive behavioral techniques with mindfulness and intentional living skills to help clients manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, eating and food-related issues, ADHD, addictions, and relationship or family difficulties. She also integrates solution-focused ideas to help people identify immediate steps toward their goals and works with issues such as body image, codependency, impulsivity, and life purpose.

Robin is a certified ADHD Life Coach and teaches success strategies that benefit students, parents, and employees seeking better organization, focus, and follow-through. She is the co-founder of Mental Health Navigators, a nonprofit that assists parents and caring adults of children living with mental health conditions, and she facilitates a virtual parenting group for parents of teenagers.

Based in Minnesota and a graduate of the University of Minnesota graduate school in 1993, she balances clinical work with exercise, music, outdoor time, travel, and family life with her husband, two adult children, and dogs, and she enjoys cheering for local sports teams.

Approaches, collaboration, and online care

Robin uses client-centered principles to create an accepting, respectful therapeutic relationship where the individual’s goals and experiences guide the work. This approach focuses on listening, validation, and building on a person’s strengths to address issues like relationship struggles, self esteem concerns, and life transitions.

She also employs cognitive behavioral therapy - a practical, skills-based method that helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with strategies that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and support coping with stress, depression, or eating-related concerns. Mindfulness therapy is woven into her practice as well, teaching breathing, attention, and present-moment techniques that can reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation for issues such as impulsivity, anger, or sleep difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and is handled collaboratively. Robin works with clients to determine which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress is made. Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for scheduling, make it easier to maintain continuity during busy periods, and allow therapy to fit into varied lifestyles while still connecting with licensed professionals and therapists who can provide focused clinical support.