About Robert
Dr. Robert "David" San Filippo is a licensed mental health counselor with 40 years of clinical experience. He brings a long history of working with veterans and first responders, and he focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and related concerns.
He practiced as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman and has provided peer support to veterans since the Vietnam era. He also serves as Clinical Director for BlueLine Support, a peer-to-peer service for law enforcement and their families.
Background and approach
In sessions he combines straightforward, supportive listening with cognitive-behavioral techniques. He helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical steps that can ease symptoms. He uses calm, focused conversations to address grief, trauma, and post-traumatic stress concerns.
Dr. San Filippo also works with career strain, compassion fatigue, relationship stress, self-esteem, and end-of-life issues. He brings experience with aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and veteran and armed forces issues.
Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their routine and comfort level.
How these approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people find their own solutions. Online conversations using this approach let the therapist follow a person's pace and priorities, helping with anxiety, grief, and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and tests small changes to see what helps. In video or phone sessions CBT can include short skill-building exercises, thought records, and homework that people can use between contacts to reduce stress and anxiety.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and together they will try methods that fit the situation. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize CBT, client-centered methods, trauma-focused techniques, or a combination.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to schedule care around work and family life. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging support shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching. These choices give flexibility so people can use therapy in a way that fits their daily routine.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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