Dr. Robin Andrus, LMHC

Dr. Robin Andrus is a licensed mental health counselor with 31 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, and grief. She practices in Washington and focuses on practical support for parenting, intimacy-related struggles, ADHD, and caregiver stress. Dr. Andrus aims to make therapy feel approachable and straightforward for people who are worn down or overwhelmed.

Her style is warm and relational. Sessions are collaborative and centered on the person in front of her. She listens for patterns and helps clients notice how actions and thoughts interact. From there she introduces tools clients can use between sessions to manage mood, set boundaries, and improve communication.

Dr. Andrus draws on several evidence-based approaches and adapts them to each person's needs. She helps people understand attachment patterns and how those patterns show up in relationships. She also uses cognitive strategies to shift unhelpful thinking and practical techniques to meet day-to-day goals.

People working with her can expect clear, usable suggestions at the end of sessions. She often focuses on building self-compassion, stronger boundaries, and steady coping skills. The work can include short experiments to try between meetings and focused steps to address parental stress, grief, or workplace overwhelm.

Her aim is to walk alongside clients as they find more balance and clarity. She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes, helping people develop resilience for the long term.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand why they react the way they do in close relationships and supports building different ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical actions; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing everyday stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods feel most helpful. Goals, personal preference, and how someone responds to initial strategies guide adjustments over time.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because this profile does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing commute time, allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and making it possible to meet from different locations when needed. Therapists can assign brief exercises, coach communication skills, and review progress together in a way that translates well to remote sessions. If you rely on particular session types, please verify those formats during scheduling.