Robyn Thorsted, LCMHC

Robyn Thorsted is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people manage grief, stress, anxiety, parenting struggles, and life transitions. She brings nine years of clinical experience and a practical, steady manner to sessions. Robyn speaks in plain language and focuses on small, achievable steps that fit into daily life.

She uses evidence-informed approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and clarify values. Robyn also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to strengthen relationships and build emotional skills. Sessions often include problem-solving, skill practice, and reflection on what matters most to the client.

Robyn has a long history of community work with families and people facing loss, major life changes, and caregiving challenges. She is experienced supporting people through grief, hospice and end-of-life concerns, addiction-related issues, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with parenting questions, blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care challenges, and attachment concerns.

People meet Robyn for help with depression, impulsivity, ADHD-related struggles, communication problems, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. She works with relationship and family stresses such as divorce, codependency, and forgiveness work. Her approach emphasizes the client as the expert and builds on existing strengths.

Robyn practices in Utah and conducts sessions in English. She offers a compassionate space for people ready to make steady changes and regain a sense of control and meaning in daily life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Robyn commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depression symptoms through practical exercises and homework. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on clarifying values and learning to accept difficult feelings while taking meaningful actions toward what matters most.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Robyn collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. She will check in and adjust the plan as progress unfolds so the approach stays useful and realistic.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Robyn provides video calls for in-depth sessions, phone meetings when video is not practical, and live chat or text-based messaging for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, manage shorter bursts of support, and use formats that suit different comfort levels and technology needs.