Robin Lieberman, MSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

 

Robin has been practicing psychotherapy in Portland for over thirty years.

Initially trained as a child and family therapist in the psychodynamic tradition, Robin has continued to broaden and deepen her experience and skills through further training in Gestalt therapy theory, contemporary psychoanalysis, Collaborative Couple Therapy™, anthroposophy, and Hatha yoga.

Robin trained for four years with the Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles. She was also a student and co-trainer at Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute. She has furthered her study in Collaborative Couple Therapy™ through a collegial training group and seminars.

More recently, Robin has combined her life-long passion — artistic painting — with her enthusiasm for the healing power of the psychotherapeutic relationship and now offers therapeutic painting as a treatment option.

And most recently, she has become a certified teacher of yoga (through the Sri Sri School of Yoga™) and SKY Breath Meditation™, both offered through the Art of Living Foundation™, a worldwide non-profit service organization “committed to uplifting and empowering individuals and communities through a blend of ancient wisdom and modern science, with a particular focus on stress reduction and mental well-being”.

Robin uses her skills drawn from these rich and complementary traditions to provide a dynamic, compassionate, and individualized approach to working with her clients, including individual adults, couples, children, teens, and families in transition.

Robin has also served as a guest instructor for:

  • Portland State University’s philosophy class, The Work of Art

  • Anthroposophy Club students at the National University of Naturopathic Medicine; Portland, Oregon

  • Corvallis Waldorf School’s teacher in-service weeks

Education, Licensure & Certifications:

  • University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan); Master of Social Work, 1988

  • Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, New York); Bachelor of Arts, Art History, 1977

  • State of Oregon, Board of Clinical Workers; LCSW #1788

  • Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles; 1993 - 1997

  • Portland Gestalt Therapy Training Institute; 1993 - 1998

  • The Art of Living Foundation™

    • Sri Sri Yoga Teacher Certification; May 2022

    • SKY Breath Meditation Teacher Certification; December 2023

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