Hi, I’m Robin
I'm a certified RDI consultant and neuro-affirming family consultant based in Montreal, working with families across Canada and beyond. But more than any credential, I'm the person who sits across from parents — virtually or in person — and says: I see you. I know how hard this is. And I know exactly how to help.
I've spent years working deeply with neurodivergent families — families navigating fresh diagnoses, years-long exhaustion, school systems that don't get it, relationships that have been stretched thin by the weight of it all. I've seen what happens when parents finally get the right support. When they stop white-knuckling through every day and start actually connecting with their child.
It changes everything. Not overnight — but genuinely, lastingly, everything.
My MissionOpen Arms Consulting exists for every parent who has ever sat alone at midnight, searching for answers and wondering if they're doing enough.
Whether you just received your child's diagnosis and don't know where to begin, you're a few years in and feeling the weight of disconnection, or you're staring down the road of adolescence and adulthood, wondering what comes next — you've found your person.
This is a space without judgment. Without pressure. Without the clinical coldness that too often defines this journey. I'm not here to hand you a binder of strategies and send you on your way. I'm here to walk alongside you — through the hard seasons, the breakthroughs, the school meetings, the setbacks, and the small quiet victories that no one else will understand the way I do.
Because this work isn't just about your child. It's about your whole family. It's about you.
When you feel equipped instead of exhausted, something shifts. You show up differently. You communicate differently. And your child — who has been waiting for that shift, who has always been capable of more than the world has given them credit for — responds. Grows. Connects.
When you thrive, your child thrives. That's not a tagline. That's what I've watched happen, over and over again.
My ApproachMy work is rooted in Relationship Development Intervention — a research-based framework that puts the parent-child relationship at the centre of everything. But what I offer goes further than traditional RDI.
I believe that real transformation happens when we look at the whole picture. That means understanding your child's developmental profile — not just where they are, but how they got there and exactly where they're going. It means bringing that work into every environment your child lives in: home, school, community, and beyond. It means filling in the developmental gaps that often get missed. It means supporting you — your nervous system, your confidence, your ability to stay regulated when everything feels like it's falling apart.
And it means having someone in your corner who knows your family, knows your child, and knows what to do next — no matter what "next" looks like.
This isn't a cookie-cutter program. There is no one-size-fits-all here. Every family I work with gets a plan that is built entirely around them — their pace, their goals, their reality.
What I BelieveI believe neurodiversity is not a problem to be solved. I believe every child — regardless of diagnosis, developmental age, or where they fall on any spectrum — is capable of growth, connection, and a life full of meaning.
I believe the relationship between a parent and child is the most powerful developmental tool that exists. More powerful than any therapy, any intervention, any program.
I believe parents deserve support that doesn't make them feel like a case file. Support that is warm, human, and real. Support that meets them in the mess and walks with them toward something better.
And I believe, deeply and without reservation, that you are the right person for your child. You don't need to be fixed. You don't need to be trained into someone else's idea of a perfect parent. You need to be seen, supported, and given the tools to do what you were always capable of doing.
That is what we build together.