About Bobbi
Bobbi Cleary is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who centers her work on practical tools and steady support. She explains ideas plainly so people can use them between sessions. Her approach values a person's inner strength and aims to build skills that help reduce anxiety and stress and restore balance.
She describes her style as eclectic and adapts methods to match each person's needs. Bobbi draws on reflective Rogerian listening to make space for what matters to the client.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking patterns and mindfulness and self-compassion practices to ease self-criticism. Her training includes a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Alaska Pacific University and she holds an Alaska LPC credential. More than a decade of practice includes work in psychiatric inpatient and residential settings as well as outpatient agencies and independent practice.
That range has given experience with intake assessments, group work, individual therapy, and family therapy formats in clinical settings. Bobbi’s background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies with a minor in French, plus time living in Japan. That experience shaped her interest in how language and culture influence behavior and motivation.
She brings that curiosity into conversations about values and identity. In sessions she focuses on concrete strategies - self-regulation exercises, thought work, and relationship skills - alongside reflective listening. The aim is to equip people with ways to manage anxiety, grief, mood difficulties, addictions, and relationship or parenting challenges.
Her practice perspective is steady, adaptable, and rooted in everyday change.
Evidence-based approaches available online
Bobbi uses a mix of proven techniques that translate well to online formats. Cognitive-behavioral methods focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and they often include homework or practice between sessions to build new habits. Mindfulness and self-compassion practices teach attention and kinder self-talk to reduce stress and manage strong emotions. Reflective Rogerian listening provides a space to be heard and to clarify values and goals in a collaborative way.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your needs and goals, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps. That collaboration helps shape a plan that matches your preferences and day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different routines. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help make therapy more accessible across time zones and busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English
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