- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- CBT and ACT methods
About Robin
Dr. Robin Avery is a North Carolina psychologist with 18 years of experience. She is licensed as NC Psychologist 5824 and CA Psychologist 12495 and works with adults across the adult lifespan on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, and coping with life changes.
She meets people who feel stuck between hope and skepticism. Sessions focus on talking through what feels overwhelming and finding clearer ways to respond. She uses evidence-based methods to teach coping skills and to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck.
Her approach mixes cognitive behavioral strategies with acceptance-based ideas and attachment perspectives. That means practical skill work is paired with attention to how past connections affect current feelings. She also uses dialectical behavior ideas to help manage intense emotions when needed.
Dr. Avery emphasizes learning specific tools for everyday situations. People often work on managing stress at home or work, handling grief and loss, coping with caregiver fatigue, and navigating changes like separation or career shifts. She also addresses concerns such as addiction, body image, eating issues, and intimacy-related struggles.
Conversations are straightforward and focused. Sessions include skill teaching, reflection on relationship and attachment patterns, and planning for manageable changes. Her background brings together clinical training and long professional experience to help people clarify values, practice new behaviors, and reduce the burden of persistent guilt or shame related to relationships and life choices.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values. It helps people make small value-driven changes even when emotions are strong. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns and helps people understand and change those patterns in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and help decide on methods that fit the client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process often starts with a few sessions to see what feels most helpful.
The original biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also lets people keep therapy in the context of their everyday schedule while using the therapist’s clinical approaches to practice skills, address attachment patterns, and manage intense emotions.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Florida, California, North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, and related concerns including intimacy and eating issues.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses a blend of evidence-based techniques to help people notice patterns, learn coping skills, and reframe self-critical thinking without promising a fixed outcome.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 18 years of professional experience and draws on a combination of clinical training and long practice with adults across the lifespan.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is licensed as NC Psychologist 5824 and CA Psychologist 12495 and practices from North Carolina.
Do sessions take place in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.