Robin’s Areas of Specialization

General Areas of Treatment:

• Depression and Mood Disorders
• Anxiety and Panic
• Trauma and PTSD
• Mood Disorders 
• LGBTQ Informed
• Relationship Therapy
• Impact of Physical Illness
• Life upheavals and transitions
• Loss and Bereavement
• Adolescent Transitions
• Aging
• Family Planning Decisions

Women’s Mental Health Specialization :

• Treatment of new symptoms of postpartum depression or anxiety before or during pregnancy.
• Hormonal transitions such as peri-menopause and post-menopause, PMS, PMDD, PCOS.
• Optimizing healthy pregnancies for women with pre-existing mental health issues, and/or women who take medications for mood or anxiety problems. This includes minimizing risks of psychiatric medications while trying to conceive, during pregnancy, and while breastfeeding. I offer education, therapeutic support, and alternatives to medication when possible. This includes meditation, relaxation practices, family and community support. 
• Therapeutic support for women and partners experiencing infertility, pregnancy loss, changes with ageing, diagnoses of breast cancer, uterine cancer, hysterectomy, and other gynecological and health problems.