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Robyn Ott

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Robyn Ott, LCSW

Arkansas

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Anxiety

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  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • ACT and DBT methods
  • Goal directed work

About Robyn

Robyn Ott is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of clinical experience. She practices from Arkansas and helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Robyn also works with concerns such as relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related matters, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting challenges, anger, career questions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Robyn uses goal-directed approaches to clarify what a person wants to change and to build practical steps toward that change. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and client-centered principles to shape sessions around specific goals. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and habits, setting small achievable steps, and tracking progress over time.

Her style is direct and patient, offering practical tools and pacing that fits the person’s circumstances. She emphasizes incremental goal setting, accountability, and teaching strategies people can use outside of sessions. Robyn highlights strengths and problem-solving skills so people can tackle long-standing patterns.

With decades of practice, she blends life experience and clinical methods to help people change thinking and behavior that hold them back. Robyn invites those ready to work actively on goals to complete the initial matching steps and schedule a first session to begin practical work on change.

Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How her approaches are used in online work

Robyn commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in practical, goal-focused sessions. CBT involves noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and behaving, which can help with anxiety, depression, and sleep or eating challenges. ACT focuses on identifying values and taking committed steps toward them while accepting difficult internal experiences, useful for stress, grief, and life transitions.

She also uses client-centered principles to keep the work collaborative and DBT-informed strategies when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process; the therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or remove the need to travel to appointments. Licensed professionals can use structured exercises, homework, and regular progress reviews in remote sessions to keep work focused and practical.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Sexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Imago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Listed in

Texas, Arkansas

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What issues does she commonly help with?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, low self-esteem, grief, relationship and family concerns, and related issues such as eating, sleeping, parenting, and career stress.

How does she use CBT in sessions?

CBT is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, try small experiments, and build step-by-step changes aimed at clear goals.

What experience does she bring?

She has 30 years of clinical experience and has been in private practice for many years, combining practical tools with long-term clinical work.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with licenses in Texas and Arkansas, and she practices from Arkansas.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What formats are available for sessions?

The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.

How does payment work?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription 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.

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