About Robert
Robert Lugo is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, and major life changes. He writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. His work centers on practical steps people can use between sessions to feel steadier and more in control.
He focuses on anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, self-esteem, and coping with transitions like career shifts or separation.
Background and approach
He also helps with addiction concerns, anger, grief, and intimacy-related issues. Additional areas include ADHD, autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family issues, and fatherhood matters. Robert blends several approaches so sessions match the client’s needs.
He uses acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and take meaningful action. He also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to spot patterns of thinking that worsen anxiety or low mood. Conversations are collaborative and practical.
He teaches clear communication skills, emotion regulation strategies, and ways to handle impulsivity or conflict. Many clients work toward small, achievable changes that add up over time. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines.
He practices in Indiana as an LMHC and conducts therapy in English. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions based on availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take action toward those values even when anxiety or fear shows up. It’s useful for stress, life changes, and persistent worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. That method often includes homework to practice new thinking patterns and behaviors between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person leads the pace and topics of therapy while the therapist listens and reflects.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Robert will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. Sessions can blend elements from different approaches so the plan stays practical and useful for the issues at hand.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and role-playing communication skills. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers voice only. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, quick coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions, helping therapy fit into busy routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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