Staff Information

Carol Ann Robbins, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Maryland License # 03561

To contact Dr. Robbins, please call 301-562-8448, Ext. 27 or email her at carolrobbins@chesapeakeadd.com Dr. Robbins is available for appointments in Annapolis MD. Please call her directly for more information 301-562-8448 Ext 27

Dr. Robbins has worked closely with Center Director Kathleen Nadeau for the past nine years. Her approach, like that of Kathleen Nadeau, is a practical, problem-solving approach that is solution-focused. Dr. Robbins has co-authored papers with Kathleen Nadeau, and also does co-presentations with Kathleen Nadeau on a variety of ADHD-related issues. Carol Robbins’ many years of clinical practice have all been focused on the assessment and treatment of ADHD. She has been the coordinator of the Anne Arundel County CHADD chapter for many years.

Dr. Robbins’ treatment approach emphasizes helping clients develop more “ADD-friendly” lives through teaching life management skills, compensatory strategies, appropriate workplace/academic accommodations and organizational skills in a semi-structured cognitive-behavioral framework. She educates her clients about living with ADD and addressing the emotional fallout of struggling with the disorder.  This includes helping them to define themselves by their strengths, rather than by their weaknesses and to re-envision themselves and their story through the lens of having ADHD, a real brain-based difference, rather than a character flaw.

Current Clinical Focuses

• Workplace issues for adults with ADHD

• Daily life management issues for adults with ADHD

• Women with ADHD – helping them manage the multiple challenges of the workplace, household management, and child-raising.

• Teaching parenting strategies for parents of kids with ADHD and helping to facilitate the creation of a more ADD-friendly home environment for the family.

• Marital therapy for couples in which one or both have ADHD using Imago Relationship Therapy as the foundation for improving communication and creating emotional safety and growth within relationships.

• Coordination of care with other healthcare providers - , including psychiatrists, physicians, coaches, tutors, teachers, and student disability services.

• Offering Cogmed (www.cogmed.com) working memory training for adults and children, to improve executive functioning and school or workplace performance. 

Professional Experience

• Over 14 years in private practice settings with experience in treating a wide variety of client issues, including ADD, anxiety disorders, depression, substance abuse, addictive behaviors, marital problems, family conflict, adjustment disorders, PTSD, sexual abuse, school refusal, eating disorders, personality disorders, stress/work-related problems, anger control, and behavioral/conduct problems.

• Conducted individual, marital and group psychotherapy treating adults, children, and adolescents using cognitive behavioral therapy, behavioral modification, stress management, parent training, anger control, family systems work, hypnosis, neurolinguistic processing, play therapy, and assertiveness and communication skills training.

Education

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
• Master of Arts in Psychology, The American University, Washington, DC
• Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA

Clinical Training

• Licensed provider of Cogmed Working Memory Training, 2007
• Imago Relationship Therapy, Basic Clinical Training Program 2002-2003, Washington, DC
• Doctoral Internship, Children’s National Medical Center, 1990-1991, Washington, DC
• Practicum Training Positions, Miami Children’s Hospital, University of Miami, Psychological Services Center, Mailman Center for Child Development,  1987-1990, Miami, FL

Professional Affiliations

• American Psychological Association
• Maryland Psychological Association
• Anne Arundel County Psychological Association
• Children and Adults with ADD (CHADD) – Professional Membership
• Coordinator, Anne Arundel County CHADD Chapter
• C-Ahead

Other Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor at Anne Arundel Community College
  in the Department of Continuing Professional Education, teaching day-long
  workshops on ADHD for other licensed professionals.

• Frequent lecturer on ADHD for private schools, businesses, government, and other organizations, including the Peace Corps, APA MPA, NSA, Northrup Grumman, the Summit School, Chelsea School, St. Andrews, and Fort Meade.

• Invited conference speaker, presenting at National and International forums across the country, including several ChADD International Annual Conferences, the Maryland State Teacher’s Association Annual Conference, and the Women’s Health Perspectives Conference.

• Article on ADHD & relationships published in the professional journal In Session: Journal of Clinical Psychology,  May 2005

• Coordinator of the Anne Arundel County ChADD Chapter 2002-present.

• Four research papers accepted for presentation at annual Psychological Association meetings.

Personal Information: Who am I? 

I am a forty-something-year-old woman who cares very deeply about serving the ADHD population in every way possible.  It is my personal and professional mission to share all that I know about this complex and all-encompassing brain difference by spreading the word and providing assistance to the many struggling families and individuals living with it.   Having this expertise allows me to better guide my own children, a son (10) and a daughter (12), through their journey of living with ADHD.  I am also married to a “well-compensated” spouse with ADHD and can relate myself to some of the challenges as an individual and as part of a couple.

I enjoy kayaking, tennis, skiing, camping, ballroom dancing, and traveling. I am open to and respectful of all religious/spiritual/cultural/sexual orientations and enjoy professional and personal relationships with individuals from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds.

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