Therapy with Robin?

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I've honed my skills in helping people (including myself) deal with stress and make changes and get through challenging times over the last 22 years.

Among other places, I worked for Project HOME Healthcare Services for six years where I developed and managed a primary- care-based opioid and addiction treatment service. This was usually in the context of co-occurring psychiatric and physical illness or disability, poverty, and homelessness.

I've trained scores of other health care providers and been invited to present at local and national conferences about our primary care drug treatment. We also were able to publish two research articles about our retention rates and program features for our low-barrier, harm reduction oriented MOUD program.

Because I want more tools to be able to help people, I recently finished my psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner training from La Salle University in Philadelphia. During this program I had clinical placements at an inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit and a general outpatient psychiatry practice where I also supported patients receiving esketamine (nasal-spray ketamine) and TMS in addition to conducting intakes and treatment planning.

I spend my summers at Eagle's Nest Camp outside of Brevard, NC on the edge of Pisgah National Forest where I provide mental, emotional, and social health training and support for staff and campers. I also use my nursing superpowers to remove ticks, identify mystery rashes, remind people to drink more water, and deal with any other health needs that arise.

Although I'm geographically in NC for the summer, I have dedicated hours set aside to continue therapy and medication management care for Philly Geek Therapy patients and clients.

I grew up in Minnesota, then spent a total of 18 years in southern Oregon and Seattle, WA before moving to Philadelphia in 2016. I tell people Philly grew on me like a benign tumor. We now live in Plainfield, NJ

While in Seattle I acquired a HAM radio license so I could help support long distance bike rides and races. My first foray into radio, though, was at my college radio station, KVSC in St. Cloud, MN.

 I tend to be a good fit for people who tend toward geeky/nerdy side of things. This might look like anime, making your own Makerbot, or simply having strong opinions about the Oxford comma (thanks to fellow geek therapist Kate Reeves for this identifier). Myself, I tend toward knitting, putting blinky lights in clothes, and making plasma balls in the microwave. Also very much pro-Oxford comma.

Kink, poly, sex work/camming aware and supportive. 

I am socially located as a middle-class, white, cisgender, queer woman with an invisible disability made visible by my use of a service dog to support me. Anti-racist work and environmental justice have been part of my life since I was a teenager.

When I'm not helping others, you're likely to find me knitting, cycling, reading, taking my dog for long walks in the woods, or in the kitchen cooking and growing my indoor garden. I have a slightly ambitious goal of being able to grow all my own greens year-round, while living in an apartment.