About Robert
Dr. Robert Egbert draws on three decades of clinical work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and an Ed.D., and brings practical experience from roles as a school counselor and family therapist.
Dr. Egbert is identified here as a Washington licensed mental health counselor - LMHC. He focuses on everyday problems parents and adults face, such as ADHD, sleep and eating concerns, grief, anger, and career transitions.
Background and approach
He also supports people dealing with trauma, addictions, compassion fatigue, and the strain of caregiving. Short conversations in sessions aim to clarify goals and find small steps forward. Sessions tend to be collaborative and straightforward.
Dr. Egbert uses techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches when helpful and draws on client-centered methods to follow each persons pace. He also incorporates emotionally-focused ideas and some existential thinking when questions about meaning or relationships come up.
His background in school counseling and family work means he is comfortable discussing parenting, communication problems, blended family issues, and attachment concerns. He helps people talk through painful life events like divorce, loss, or natural disasters without medical jargon. Outside work he enjoys the outdoors, travel, and radio.
That practical, down-to-earth side shows up in sessions: clear discussion, attention to daily routines, and concrete strategies that fit real life.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the person's concerns; it helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to talk and clarify goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises and homework to reduce symptoms like anxiety, insomnia, or problematic eating. Emotionally-focused therapy, or EFT, helps people identify and shift patterns in close relationships and can be used when intimacy or communication is a primary concern.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they react to different methods. Together they will try what fits best and adjust over time rather than promising a single fixed path.
Online formats offer flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues for relationship and emotion work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief reflections, check-ins between sessions, or when writing out thoughts feels most helpful. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to fit it into everyday life.
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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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