About Robert
Dr. Robert Crawford helps people facing trauma, grief, anxiety, stress, relationship and intimacy difficulties, and challenges with self-esteem or career transitions. He is an LPC with 20 years' experience based in New Jersey.
He works with concerns such as ADHD, sleep problems, compassion fatigue, and the effects of chronic illness or caregiving strain. He combines counseling and coaching to focus on real change. Sessions are practical and goal-oriented.
He helps people stop repeating harmful patterns and build clearer communication skills.
How Robert works
Robert uses approaches that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based work, Client-Centered listening, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. In conversation he emphasizes values, manageable steps, and telling the personal story in a way that leads to new choices. Parents, partners, and professionals often come for help with intimacy, commitment or boundary issues, and with recovering from betrayal or loss.
He also addresses concerns around BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture when relevant to the client’s wellbeing. Sessions mix short-term coaching and longer therapeutic work depending on goals. He aims to make sessions understandable and useful from the first meetings.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
Robert lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Robert works with
The areas below are the ones Robert selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, committed actions toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, avoidance, and decisions about relationships or career. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early patterns that shape emotional bonds and teaches new ways to connect and communicate in close relationships. It is often helpful for intimacy problems, commitment worries, and attachment concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and empathy so clients feel heard and can explore their own solutions; it supports self-esteem, grief work, and personal growth.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sometimes that means starting with coaching-style goals and shifting into longer therapeutic work as trust and clarity grow.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and fuller interaction. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, progress updates, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options help people fit care into busy lives without losing continuity of treatment.
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