Amanda Robinson, LPC, RPT Child and Adolescent Therapy

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Amanda Robinson, LPC, RPT Child and Adolescent Therapy

I am a counselor working with children, adolescents, and young adults in the Austin area. Please visit my website for more: www.amandarobinsonlpc.com

02/11/2026

🍾 I’m kicking off a new series of sharing developmental info by age! 😍 My hope is that understanding what’s normal can take some of the confusing guess work out of parenting.

Knowing what’s typical at each age can:
🩵reduce unnecessary anxiety
🩵normalize big behaviors and big feelings
🩵 help parents and caregivers respond with more confidence
🩵 clarify what’s worth watching so real concerns aren’t missed

So, stay tuned for other age groups if this one doesn’t apply to you! But if I could sum up 3 year olds in one sentence, it would be: big feelings and big ideas in little bodies. 🤯

🔗 P.S. If you’d like a printer-friendly version of this flyer, you can find it in my Etsy store (link in my bio).

02/06/2026

This is the best job in the world. It is often light and fun, but it’s also often sad, heart-breaking, difficult work. It’s an honor to help vulnerable children and teens ❤️

02/05/2026

It’s International Play Therapy Week, and the theories are planning a party! 🎈 But CBT is getting tired of everyone else’s shenanigans 😂

02/03/2026

During International Play Therapy Week, it feels especially important to say this out loud:

Children don’t grow up in a vacuum. Their nervous systems are shaped by the world around them: by safety and threat, belonging and exclusion, care and neglect. 😔

Supporting children’s emotional health means paying attention to the systems that protect them… and the ones that don’t. It means noticing who gets access to care, who is believed, and who is expected to carry more than their share. 💔

Child mental health cannot be separated from politics.

01/26/2026

Mental health work is rooted in protecting attachment, dignity, and safety. We know what happens when caregivers are taken away. We know what happens when fear becomes chronic, and when children and teens lose their sense of safety. ➡️ You don’t get to masquerade as an empathetic helper while endorsing systems that traumatize families. ⬅️

01/22/2026

Note: This is intended for those occasional sessions when a child or teen is tired and not feeling a big conversation or activity. 🥱 Consistent lethargy indicates a deeper problem (hypoarousal from trauma or depression, for example) and might be addressed differently. 🙂

01/15/2026

This isn’t about law. It’s about who is granted humanity and who is denied it. You can never justify ripping children away from their parents or murdering people who’ve done nothing wrong 💔.

01/14/2026

Breaking cycles is hard work 💪

01/10/2026

(The fur babe is included too 🐶.)

01/07/2026

We know kids don’t develop their emotional regulation skills overnight - so what does it look like when there’s slow, gradual, subtle improvement? Well, it often looks like a small step in the right direction or an attempt at using a healthy coping skill! It probably won’t immediately calm them and they’ll still need support from a caring adult, but it’s a good sign that those skills are growing 🧠 🚧

01/03/2026

Human connection takes priority over goals and interventions. Whether you work with 3-year-olds or 93-year-olds, you have to be willing to pause “doing therapy” if the relationship needs repair or strengthening. 💜

12/31/2025

I don’t know how to balance the heaviness of the world with the lightness of my own life. I don’t know how those truths can live side by side. But somehow they do.

2025 was a year for fresh air, reading, baking, worries, laughs, fatigue, and moments where I wasn’t sure I’d make it out in one piece 🤪

I’m grateful for the privilege of another year. Wishing you all a peaceful and hopeful start to the new one. 🥂

Address

1301 S Capital Of TX Highway, Suite C-100
Austin, TX
78746

Telephone

+15127903581

Website

http://www.amandarobinsonlpc.com/

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