About

Robyn D Walser, PhD
I’m a clinical psychologist with expertise in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), having started to work in this treatment approach in 1991.
I currently provide training, supervision, consultation and psychotherapy in the model.
I delivered my first ACT workshop in 1997 in Ireland and have been training around the world since, including online. My workshops feature a combination of lecture and experiential exercises designed to provide a unique learning opportunity in this state-of-the-art intervention. I am often referred to as a “clinician’s clinician”.
I provide supervision and consultation in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) tailored to your needs and level of training.
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Robyn’s values
Confidentiality
Creativity
Creativity engages the mind and opens us to reflection, curiosity, and connection. It opens our hearts and allows us to be flexible.
Compassion
Compassion is about having kindness and empathy for oneself or another when they are suffering. It is a selfless virtue that promotes well-being.
Acceptance
Acceptance is the act of being open to experience – a willingness to allow emotion, thought and sensation to rise and fall.
Trauma recovery specialist
While I also treat other disorders, I have been working in the field of trauma and it’s treatment for over 30 years. I have conducted research, obtained grants, and written articles, chapters, and books on the topic. I am trained in five exposure-based interventions to treat trauma and use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support these treatments.

I have worked at the National Center for PTSD for more than 25 years, serving in various roles during that time, including creating a national rollout for ACT for depression and training clinicians in the Veterans Health Administration in the intervention.

I am a board member and the Research Director at the Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinical Services. This non-profit entity serves trauma survivors experiencing PTSD and complex trauma reactions. This clinic caters to those who cannot afford therapy, as an important value of mine is to serve all those who suffer the pain of trauma.
Volunteer roles
I also serve in a number of volunteer positions. Two are related to the Association of Contextual Behavioral Science, the main association that houses ACT, and one position for MEND. MEND grew out of the Black Lives Matter movement here in the US. This is a group that came together to train persons of color who are mental health providers in treatments to assist with racial trauma.
