About Robert
Dr. Robert Egbert is a licensed mental health counselor with 30 years of practice. He brings a long career in counseling psychology and education to help people manage anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and relationship strains.
His work is grounded in practical conversation and clear strategies that people can use between sessions. Robert trained at the Union Institute (Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology) and earned an Ed.D. from Temple University. Over decades he has worked as a school counselor and in family-focused settings, which shaped his straightforward, problem-solving approach.
Background and approach
He uses methods that match each person’s situation rather than one fixed formula. In sessions he listens for patterns that keep problems going and helps people try different ways to think and act. He mixes client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral exercises and relationship-focused work when needed.
That can mean practicing new ways to communicate, testing a different thought pattern, or arranging small behavior changes. Dr. Egbert is comfortable helping with anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, addictions, trauma, sleep and eating concerns, and life transitions.
He also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, caregiver stress, and career questions. His style is plainspoken and pragmatic - he aims to make therapy useful for day-to-day life. Outside of practice he enjoys the outdoors, travel, and radio.
He lives in Washington with a partner who is a professional writer and draws on a lifetime of experience to relate to common family and work pressures.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and helping people find their own solutions. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects concerns back, and helps set goals that feel realistic for daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses short exercises to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. Online formats work well for CBT because homework and thought records can be assigned and reviewed between meetings. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotions and attachment patterns in relationships and can help couples or individuals improve communication and closeness. This approach is useful when relationship conflict or intimacy concerns are central.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify which methods match their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. That plan can change over time as progress is made or new needs arise, and decisions are made together rather than imposed.
Online therapy offers practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or share brief updates without scheduling a call. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and try different formats when life gets busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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