Additional Professional Experience

Living Better Counseling opened it's doors in South Florida in 2012. Beginning September 2019 LBC has relocated to Cary, North Carolina. Living Better Counseling is run by Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Carolina Robbins. 

Dr. Robbins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Perinatal Mental Health Counselor, and EMDR Certified Therapist. She has over 20 years of experience working within social services, psychiatric hospitals, treatment centers, and outpatient centers. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Florida State University and earned a Master's in Social Work from Florida Atlantic University. Recently, she obtained her Doctorate in Social Work from Barry University, where she studied the implementation of trauma-informed care with a special interest in advancing maternal mental health. 

Further certifications include the Postpartum Support International certificate program in perinatal mental health, PMH-C, which was completed in 2020. In 2021, Dr. Robbins began to pursue certification in EMDR. After several months of training, clinical practice hours, and consultation, she became an EMDR Certified Therapist in 2022. Dr. Robbins also fluently speaks Spanish and offers bilingual clinical services.

In 2021, Dr. Robbins co-founded and created a Perinatal Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Anchor Perinatal Wellness in Raleigh, North Carolina. APW was created due to the lack of higher-level care programs available serving pregnant and postpartum birth givers. There are fewer than three dozen programs in the country that specialize in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Dr. Robbins proudly owns and operates APW when not working in private practice. For more information, visit www.anchorperinatal.com

Dr. Robbins is a trauma specialist, maternal mental health, and perinatal mood and anxiety disorders supporting individuals. She draws from many evidence-based treatment modalities to effectively address issues that bring someone into therapeutic services. Her professional experience has helped individuals and/or families affected by mental health conditions. Dr.  Robbins has a dynamic personality that immediately engages the client. She continues client engagement through face-to-face sessions, texts, personal phone calls, homework assignments, and emails. Dr. Robbins has the utmost dedication to each client with personalized treatment planning and attention.

Dr. Robbins was born and raised in South Florida. She relocated to the Triangle area in 2018. She lives locally with her husband and two children. She enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, being outdoors, cooking, reading, paddleboarding, and scuba diving.