About Robert
Robert May is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Kentucky. He has been practicing since 2011 and brings thirteen years of experience to sessions. He works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and with those facing mood, trauma, or identity-related concerns.
His style is warm and interactive. He listens, asks practical questions, and reflects back what he hears so people can make clearer choices. Conversations are tailored to each person's goals and life circumstances rather than fitting everyone to the same plan.
Background and approach
Robert uses straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered methods, and mindfulness. He also draws on solution-focused and trauma-informed approaches when they fit the situation. Sessions can include talking through patterns, practicing new skills, and building step-by-step plans for change.
He has worked with the LGBTQIA+ community since 2020 and addresses issues like identity, gender dysphoria, and prejudice when they come up. Other common topics he helps with include relationships, work stress, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and burnout or compassion fatigue. People who want practical tools and a respectful, nonjudgmental space often find his approach useful.
He encourages gradual progress and helps clients break big problems into manageable steps.
Therapeutic approaches for online work and everyday life
Robert combines cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices to help people manage anxious thoughts and build healthier habits. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to see what works. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase pause between feeling and action.He approaches therapy collaboratively. Choosing an approach is something the therapist and client decide together based on goals, symptoms, and personal preference. That may mean starting with skill-based CBT tools, adding mindfulness exercises, or shifting toward trauma-focused work if earlier experiences need attention.r>
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for longer therapy work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a session must fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins, quick skills practice, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Gender dysphoria
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English
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