Compassionate, transformative therapy for trauma, grief and loss, or cancer patients and their loved ones.
Helping you feel as strong on the Inside as you look on the Outside.
Offering online therapy services in Los Angeles and throughout California, as well as in Miami and throughout Florida.
You’re great at keeping it all together for family, friends, or at work. You’re the one that others turn to for support- the strong one.
But now it’s your turn to lean on someone.
Whether it’s something painful that happened in your past that keeps showing up in one way or another in your current life, or something that’s happening now that’s getting in the way, you feel like you should be able to handle this, too. You handle everything else.
But it’s gotten to be too much, and you’re looking for help.
Maybe you’re…
Struggling with painful events from the past that keep coming up and interfering with your life.
Maybe you’ve never thought of them as trauma, but you can’t stop feeling like you are broken - like something is inherently wrong with you. You want these old issues to stop coming up and getting in the way now. You want to stop being so critical of yourself. It makes it hard to relate to friends and family how you want to. You’re struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety, or feeling numb.
You’re feeling grief over the death of a loved one or the ending of a relationship. And it’s not going away, even with time.
The pain of the loss leaves you with feelings like depression, anger, guilt, or anxiety. They make it hard to function day to day, either at work or in your relationships. You’re worried it will always be this hard. But you also worry that if you’re not feeling sad enough that you’re forgetting the person, or that it means you didn’t love them enough, or that you’re not grieving the right way.
Struggling with a cancer diagnosis or supporting a loved one with cancer.
You’re scared, anxious, and exhausted. Maybe you’re now in remission, trying to get back to your life and not understanding why it doesn’t feel the same. Wondering why things didn’t just go back to “normal,” and not sure what the “new normal” is or how to create it.
As an Online Therapist, here’s how
I can help:
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People throw around the word trauma today for things big and small. Many of us have experienced scary or hurtful events, especially in our childhood, but we don’t label them as traumas. You don’t have to have been assaulted or be a combat veteran to experience trauma. What makes something a trauma is how you react to it and how it continues to interfere in your life.
But you don’t have to stay stuck with the pain of the past. And recent painful events don’t have to stay with you into the future. There’s hope for a future where you’re happy, relaxed and enjoying life. Trauma therapy will help you get there.
Together we’ll explore your past, especially those painful moments that keep getting in your way, and learn how to manage your feelings about them. We’ll use EMDR therapy to help you not feel overwhelmed with emotions and Psychodynamic therapy to help you better understand yourself, your relationships, and how your past has formed who you are today, and why you react the way you do.
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You might be feeling grief following a death of a loved one, the ending of a relationship, the loss of a pregnancy, or the loss of a job or a home. While the reasons might be different, the feelings of grief can be similar. For example, you might be having feelings of depression, anxiety, fear, or anger.
In grief counseling, we’ll explore all your feelings, and you’ll learn that they come in waves. Some waves just lap at your ankles, and others feel like tidal waves. Together we’ll talk about coping skills to get through them all. You’ll also accept that how you’re grieving is perfectly fine and “normal,” as there isn’t one “right” way to experience and live with grief.
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Cancer brings unique challenges whether you were just diagnosed, in the middle of your treatment, or now in survivorship. You want someone who really gets what you’re going through.
Our therapy will focus on whatever you’re going through with your cancer. You’ll have a place to talk about all your fears, as well as your hopes. In addition, counseling for cancer can offer you a place to cry or process your feelings without feeling like you’re a burden to your family and friends, who are having their own reactions to your cancer journey.
We’ll talk about what your “new normal” will look like. Finally, you’ll have someone to go through your journey with you.
Weldome! I’m
RobynSheiniuk
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker serving California and Florida as an online therapist.
I believe you don’t have to keep struggling with the feelings that you’re having now.
I specialize in providing therapy that is compassionate, honest, and insightful. I focus on high achievers struggling with trauma, grief, and cancer in all stages and loved ones of cancer patients.
Through talk therapy, you will gain a deeper understanding of yourself. You’ll develop insight into why you’re struggling with specific issues. Then learn different ways to respond to them. With EMDR therapy, we’ll help your brain and body reprocess trauma. You won’t react with such intense emotions to the past or be as triggered in the present.
Let’s make therapy simple.
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Reach out
Schedule a Free 20 Minute Consultation. We’ll discuss what you’re looking for in therapy and see if it feels like a good fit. If it does, we’ll schedule an appointment, and if not, I’ll try to find you someone that does.
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Get to work
We’ll work together to tackle the things that are getting in your way. You’ll be the driving force, and I’ll guide you through the change.
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See change
You’ll understand yourself, your feelings, and your relationships differently. You won’t feel stuck or overwhelmed with your emotions and will gain new insights about yourself and the world around you.
You’re worth the investment.
“If you’re struggling with trauma or the anxiety and fear that come with a cancer diagnosis, Robyn is the therapist you want to connect with. Warm, welcoming and thoughtful, Robyn will walk with you each step of the way until you feel like you again.”
— Ms. Lisa Curtis Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CASAC
“Robyn treats every one of her clients with warmth and kindness while helping them gain insight related to grief, trauma and cancer diagnosis. With her knowledge of emdr on top of her other clinical skills, I would absolutely recommend her!”
— Sydney Koenig Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CAC II, NCC, EMDRSource
“I worked with Robyn for emdr training and certification. Not only is she knowledgeable about emdr, she is very compassionate about her clients and their struggles. I would highly recommend Robyn as a therapist for trauma or any other issue.”
— Ms. Rhonda Kildea Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, MFT, CEDS, LADC