Languages: Russian, Spanish
Robin Smith earned a BA in Russian, Comparative Politics, and Clinical Psychology from The Ohio State University. She completed her MA in Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology from the University of Washington. She received her practicum training in OCD and anxiety disorders at the Evidence Based Treatment Centers of Seattle – Child Anxiety Center. She is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Exposure Therapy, and Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE). She is currently pursuing training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Family Based Therapy for eating disorders.
When not working at Cadence, Robin is an active behavioral health disaster responder for the WA Department of Health and for a global response team. Through this work, Robin provides evidence-based trauma treatment to adolescents as well as training for teachers, therapists, and laypeople to address the psychological effects of disasters. She has trained groups from Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Republic of Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Mongolia.
What Robin would like you to know about her:
I work with people of all ages. I treat individuals challenged by anxiety disorders, OCD, depression, traumatic events, suicidality, perfectionism, eating disorders, and adjustment issues. I work with teens who really dislike school and/or struggle with school, as well as with teens who succeed in school and are still stressed by it. I particularly enjoy working with twice-exceptional children, “third-culture kids,” exchange students, and dancers.
I believe you’re the expert in your life, and I know a lot about evidence-based treatment. Together, we figure out what’s making your life challenging, what would make your life easier, then learn and practice new skills to alleviate some of the challenges. Eventually, I hope you’ll know how to use those skills so effectively and that I’ll end up out of a job.
