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

09/23/2025

Spreading misinformation hurts families. Stop blaming parents (especially moms) to score points and line pockets. 🛑

Trying to stamp out natural neurodiversity = eugenics by the way.

I’ll be over here seething if anyone needs me ✨.

09/18/2025

When I look back on my childhood with the lens of a therapist, I can see the little signs of anxiety that were already there. At the time, no one called it “anxiety.” My parents weren’t ignoring anything - they simply didn’t have the awareness or language we have today. 💜

That’s one of the reasons I do this work now: to help parents notice early signs, understand what they mean, and respond with support and compassion. Because what looks like quirks or “just a phase” in childhood can actually be one’s nervous system telling a story. And your child’s might be trying to tell you something, too.

✨ The more we know, the more we can support our kids in real time.

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09/08/2025

These rainy-day adventures with my little one remind me that kids don’t need the storm to stop. They just need to know they’re not alone in it 🌧️😊

09/04/2025

When a child is grieving, the adults around them often rush to reassure: “You’ll be okay.” “They’re in a better place.” “Don’t be sad.”
While these words are meant to comfort, they can leave a child’s true feelings unspoken. 🫢

In play therapy, there’s no pressure to move on quickly or to cover pain with a smile. Instead, children are given the gift of space…to express their grief through play, to show sadness and anger alongside laughter, and to carry their loss in ways that make sense to them. ☀️

Play therapy doesn’t erase the grief. It honors it. It holds it. And it reminds children that even in the heaviest moments, they don’t have to carry it alone. 💕

08/28/2025

Protect the kids, not the guns. Children deserve to be physically and psychologically safe at home, school, and wherever they go. 💔

08/26/2025

Kids can hit nerves in us like no other. Once an angry trigger is activated, we can quickly become flooded with a desire to punish, control, and be respected. Soon we’re yelling, saying unkind things, or worse. And in these moments - when adults seem big, loud, unpredictable, and out of control - kids get scared. 🥺
If you’ve ever had an interaction like this with your child, you’re not alone. You’re not a terrible parent. But there are things you can and should do in order to repair the damage done in your relationship with your child. ❤️‍🩹
Swipe through the images for suggestions. One quick note on circling back after things are calm: it IS okay to readdress the subject/problem (whatever led to your anger), but only AFTER making amends. If your child refuses, let it go and try again in a few days.

08/19/2025

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08/14/2025

The various play therapy theories all have A LOTTT to say on this subject, and for good reason! 💕

07/17/2025

Your play therapy client played hard, and now there are a million miniatures in a scattered mess on the floor 🫣. You have 10 minutes to return them to their correct places before the next appointment starts - oh, and you’d still like to squeeze in time for a bathroom break 🫠

So how can you tidy up the miniatures in the most efficient way? 🏃‍♂️🏁

1️⃣Organize your minis into their categories on the floor BEFORE placing them on the shelves. There’s actually brain science behind this 🧠. Tossing the zoo animals and seashells into separate piles (and then collectively putting groups on the shelf) goes faster than evaluating and making a decision for each individual mini over and over.

2️⃣ Use containers for the really similar stuff. Sometimes buckets are a bit frowned upon in play therapy, because you want all items to be visible…However, as long as the containers are relatively open, it’s fine to put “like groups” (think army men, fences, rocks) together. Tossing items into bowls will go much faster than individually placing each thing. (And you also save space on the shelves for more unique stuff. 😉)

Bonus tip: give yourself permission to have imperfect shelves. I’d rather you have a little messiness and take the bathroom break you need than to be perfectly tidy 👀

07/15/2025

My family and I used to do daily appreciations and at some point we fell off - it happens! 🤷‍♀️ We’re trying to bring it back, and here are some of my recent ones:

Pic 1: I’m grateful for family support, which allowed my husband and I to go on a much-needed date night this past Saturday. This was taken in East Austin 😍

Pic 2: I’m grateful for lots of quality time with my kiddo before he starts preschool 🥲.

Pic 3: I’m grateful for my husband taking our son on little adventures so that I can get some alone time. 💜

Pic 4: I’m grateful for the time and energy to challenge myself in baking this year. I’m trying to make something new each week! These are potato chip cookies 😯

Pic 5: One of my sweet officemates is leaving soon to have a baby. I’m going to miss her, but I’m so grateful she’s leaving me with her pretty blue couch! I was ready to say goodbye to the old gray one 😂

What are some of your recent appreciations?

07/07/2025

While play therapy can be incredibly helpful following trauma, timing matters, particularly with natural disasters. ❤️‍🩹

✏️ Source: The role of the play therapist in supporting children and families following a natural disaster: a scoping review. The Australian Journal of Rural Health. (Nicole Nilsson, Sept 2024).

07/06/2025

I’m holding the campers, families, and staff of Camp Mystic close in my heart. 💜 As a child therapist, I spend my days witnessing both the strength and vulnerability of children, and this loss feels especially heavy.

To know that some of these children will not return home is devastating beyond measure. To every survivor, parent, camp counselor, and friend now carrying this heartbreak, you are not alone. In the coming days, I will keep sharing resources - for both practical basics and mental health support - in my stories. Help is available. 💔

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

Website

http://www.amandarobinsonlpc.com/

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