Dr. Heather Robbins is the co-owner and Clinical Director of Dallas Whole Life Counseling. A licensed clinical psychologist and media personality, Heather is a regular, expert source for local and national publications, including Cosmopolitan magazine and The Dallas Morning News. Her academic work has been published in many prestigious trade journals such as Anesthesia & Analgesia and The Clinical Journal of Pain. Heather's warm, engaging personality and down-to-earth advice make her a popular radio interview guest. She has appeared on numerous radio programs across the country, including nationwide coverage by San Francisco's KCBS, The Russ Martin Show (Texas' most popular afternoon talk show), The Ankarlo Morning Show and Good Day Dallas Fox 4.

Dr. Robbins received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She is originally from Austin, Texas, where she spent her undergraduate years studying psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. After completing her undergraduate psychology degree with honors in only two years, Dr. Robbins lived abroad in France, Greece and Japan before beginning her graduate studies at UTSW. In addition to her graduate coursework, Heather completed internships at Terrell State Hospital, Parkland Memorial Hospital, the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management and other local institutions. After earning her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Heather completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Dallas Group Analytic Practice.

Among her many areas of ongoing study and practice, Dr. Robbins specializes in both psychodynamic psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques. Psychodynamic therapy examines the personality in depth, with a focus on how interpersonal patterns learned in the past may limit the individual's present life experience. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) uses systematic, goal-oriented techniques to restructure the client’s unwanted habits of thinking, feeling and doing. Dr. Robbins has received extensive training in CBT, having been previously supervised by Dr. Monica Basco, author of Never Good Enough (as seen on Oprah), and a respected leader in the field. Heather regularly works with clients struggling with a broad range of emotional difficulties in Dallas: ADHD, depression, anxiety, obsessions/compulsions, panic attacks, a variety of phobias and sexual issues. She offers both couples counseling and individual psychotherapy for adults, adolescents and seniors.

To learn more about Heather and James Robbins, read the 2004 Dallas Morning News article.