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Mona Robbins, Chicago, IL (2026)

09/29/2025

Thank you to Sara Pollard, PhD, ABPP for inviting me to speak at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology as a lecturer for the Fall Brown Bag Lunch and Learn series!

Lately, I've been minding my business and drinking my water while chasing a toddler, but I'm glad she asked me to come "outside". I always enjoy sharing about my journey in the field of psychology. With my experience from mental healthcare to academic medicine to mental health technology, I can highlight the role of psychologists as managers and leaders in this evolving landscape to increase access to care. The world is vast, and the opportunities of today may surprise you. Psychologists are well-positioned to be leaders across a variety of fields due to our transferable skills. Message: don't limit yourself!

05/03/2024

When the BODY hurts, you go to the medical doctor. When the BRAIN hurts, you can still go to the medical doctor. However, this doctor may be different than what you expected. Health psychologists (like me) are often located where people are likely to go for most ailments. The problem is...people don't know who we are or what we do. 🤔 Let's change that!

Dallas, come out on June 8th at the Bridging The Gap Foundation Men of Color's Health and Wellness Summit, as I join a powerful lineup of presenters, community advocates, and motivators to discuss how to support and meet the needs of men's mental health. You can catch me at 11 am as I tackle "The Moving Target of Mental Health Help: Finding Support Where You Least Suspect It."

https://lnkd.in/gFA3PrXT

10/10/2023

10/10 is World Mental Health Day.
🎶What have you done for yourself lately?🎶

Too busy? See if you can make it through 10 sec to pause for one moment to focus on you (and only you) and think about what you might do for yourself.

03/06/2023

March is a magical month for me with this year being particularly special. It's my birthday month and the start of spring. As I spring into action to celebrate a new and vibrant chapter of life, I'm thankful for those who have come before and stand beside me rooting on my efforts of growth and transformational change. This time also marks the bridge between Black History Month and Women's History Month with a special dynamic dazzle of Sisterhood Month for all of my Sorors!

I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this intersection of work and "werk" than by being featured in Psychology Today to discuss mental health and strategies to keep BIPOC populations and all aspiring psychology professionals at the forefront of change and upward mobility. Take a read and share with others as a reminder of what's possible from an aspiring Black girl from the South Side of Chicago. Thank you Mackenzie Littledale for the interview invitation and for capturing our time together so well. Happy March!

Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC)

Link below 👇🏽

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/from-margin-to-mainstream/202303/mental-health-social-justice-and-bipoc-psychology-students

11/18/2022

Made a career shift and been enjoying the toggle...but your colleagues will find you and tempt you into the academic realm lol. Always a good time catching up with colleagues. It took Damion Davis, PhD, LPC to get me "back outside" and doing the thing I love...public speaking...in-person! I thoroughly enjoyed his Counseling Diverse Communities course students. Until next time, Southern Methodist University. You made a great choice welcoming Dr. Davis to your faculty!

06/28/2022

A mental health moment! Had an amazing time talking with Puzzle Huddle about the importance of showing up for ourselves in body and mind. Thanks for including me in your series, as we walk into July for National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. I am what a psychologist "looks" like.

Full interview 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/deSjWJsQ
Watch it all or scroll to content that moves YOU!

Check out . They make fun and creative jigsaw puzzles to highlight and affirm the lives of diverse children. Also recognized as one of Oprah's favorite things. 😉

04/05/2022

Next Week 👇🏽
Healing the Harm: Reclaiming the Black Birthing Experience

In honor of Black Women's Maternal Health Week (April 11 - 17) Ethos Equity Consulting is excited to host a critical conversation.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022
12 PM – 1 PM CST

Registration link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-the-harm-reclaiming-the-black-birthing-experience-tickets-304453176647?aff=GeneralPanelist

The discussion will include perspectives related to current inequities in healthcare and the disproportionate impact on the birthing experiences among Black women. Over the course of the conversation, the work of four professional moms, dedicated to healing the harm through diverse and inclusive services, will be amplified.

Panelists include: Eve Akins (Founder and Birth Educator at EVE Birth Services), Tereé Fruga (Certified Professional Midwife), Cessilye Smith (Founder and CEO of Abide Women's Health Services), and Dr. Mona Robbins (Board Certified Health Psychologist).

This event is moderated by Brittani Hite, founder and strategic director of Ethos Equity Consulting.

03/01/2022

WE did it!! I'm officially Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology! Thrilled is an understatement. I now join the ranks of a small group of experts in their respective fields holding the "highest" certification within our degree. A survey done in 2017 reported that only 4% of all psychologists were board certified with 1/3 in clinical psychology. As a Black woman boarded in Clinical HEALTH Psychology (1 of 15 specialty areas), I make up an even smaller percentage.

This has been a long but fulfilling road to travel. It's an arduous process with various steps and forms of examination with the final part culminating in the four-hour oral exam. I started in 2019, got overwhelmed with the stressors of 2020 which resulted in my delay to complete my practice samples. By 2021, I was notified that I was finally a candidate for the oral exam but COVID and testing limitations (offered only so often) meant further delay. During that time, I was pregnant and expecting in fall. Coming off of maternity leave in Jan 2022 to take the exam in Feb wasn't ideal but my reality, and I did not want to delay anymore. I talked with my husband and it was decided that WE all were gonna make this happen. Now the exam was offered in person, since before the pandemic, so we packed up with our 4-month old and headed to San Antonio where it happened to be that session. I showed up with my breast pump bag and all 🍼 to do this (as the songs goes 🎶 and the beat goes on 🎶)! Thank you to everyone who kept encouraging me and to my traveling hubby and baby for helping me show up and BE my best. 🙏🏽 Now the only other letters I want to see are the ABCs of daycare.

*Please put some respect on the academic pursuits of women everywhere who do this on a regular, because go-getter mamas are some hard workers!
-Mona A. Robbins, PhD, ABPP

on this Feb 28th

01/31/2022

Making moves during maternity leave...a couple of publications from collaborative work with colleagues. Addressing topics such as facing concerns of faculty burnout during COVID-19 and curriculum building for future psycho-oncologists. Seeing the fruits of THIS labor emerge during a "down" time reminds of ways to still pivot when you have a lot going on. Seeds were planted earlier on and later bloomed while I was tending to more precious matters. 👶🏽

Msg: Realize your own limits, collaborate with like-minded people, and make small moves until your big goal is achieved (moving forward counts even if tiny steps). I share this for the professional parents who get bogged down trying to be their best selves while balancing this beast called business. It's not about doing it all. It's about doing it without losing it all! 🤯

01/20/2022

It's over...so back to it! Maternity leave has ended and now on to the juggle of this psychologist turned parent. 😏 I have all sorts of thoughts to share from this blend of personal and professional lifestyle change. New name, same game! Inside scoop: 90s R&B kept me going and leaning into (and sometimes laughing at) the coping strategies I often share with others kept me grounded. It most definitely helped to have a super supportive spouse to fill the gaps, and our community showed up and out to keep the resources flowing!

However, everyone may not have these outlets or even the energy to find them. During my leave, I also learned about a resource that other moms might find to be helpful. Check out Akina . It's designed for building and strengthening community for Black moms as a one-stop-shop for all sorts of support from practical, logistical, and emotional resources. I had a chance to meet and talk with the founders who are all about helping families...especially when resources like these are rare and hard to come by.

I'm excited to see what 2022 will bring!

01/01/2022

Turned up to the max last New Year and decided to keep the party going 😏 and bam...our greatest blessing! I learned a lot this past year and welcome the perspective change as a health psychologist turned parent. I pray this experience will further fuel my passion for creating positive opportunities for others. As I tell my colleagues, we are all someone's patient, and our life's lessons are to sharpen our vision towards the needs of others. As a pregnant woman and mother, I got to witness one of the greatest challenges and miracles that happens daily, but we sometimes take as "routine". Yeah, I too received the insensitive comments, saw how people reacted professionally, felt unheard by healthcare providers, and gripped the frustration that many women mention but is rarely truly known outside of direct experience. With reflection, I'm appreciative of every bit!

Thanks to all for your outreach and feedback when I shared about my journey to motherhood. I was overwhlemed by the responses and happy to know that these are the moments when your "mess" can become a message for others. Dueces 2021...2022, let's go! 🥳

12/25/2021

Receiving the gifts of love and cuddles! Merry Christmas 🎄 We are happy, healthy, and here for the holidays!!

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