About Robert
Robert "Scotty" Smittle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arkansas who focuses on anxiety and related concerns. He aims to create a straightforward, person-to-person connection so people feel heard and understood. Scotty uses practical methods to help with day-to-day struggles and bigger life shifts.
He brings 15 years of experience to sessions and draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. That means conversations center on the person's experience and on trying small, doable changes in thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to what each person needs. Scotty works with a wide range of issues, including stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, grief, depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction-related struggles, and questions around identity and self-esteem. He also addresses concerns such as body image, codependency, attachment and abandonment wounds, and attention-related difficulties.
These topics often come up together, and he helps people sort priorities and next steps. In therapy he focuses on clear goals and practical skills. That may include learning ways to manage anxiety, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, improving communication, and building routines that support mood and focus.
He can also incorporate faith-based perspectives when a person wants that included. People who choose him can expect steady, down-to-earth work toward realistic changes. He emphasizes respect, direct listening, and collaborative planning so progress feels manageable and relevant to everyday life.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a trusting connection and meeting the person where they are. In practice this means sessions start with listening and reflecting so goals come from the person's own priorities and values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. It often includes small experiments, short homework tasks, and skills practice to reduce anxiety and manage mood or behavior more effectively.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. He will work with each person to choose or blend methods based on their needs, goals, and what feels comfortable. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions so they are practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit regular therapy into a busy life and to continue consistent progress regardless of location.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English
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