About Robert
Robert Dawson uses a client-centred approach that treats the person as the expert in their own life. He listens closely and helps people work out what matters to them. Robert aims to make the first step into counselling easier by offering a calm, respectful space to talk.
Robert has eight years of experience working in a range of professional settings across the United Kingdom. He has supported people with stress, anxiety, depression and issues with self-esteem.
How Robert works
He also works with concerns such as grief, trauma and abuse, addictions and compassion fatigue. His practice includes focus on relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting pressures, career worries and coping with life changes. Robert also helps people facing ADHD, attachment and abandonment issues, body image and identity concerns including gender dysphoria and LGBT matters.
He is attentive to the impact of caregiver stress, cancer, and blended family difficulties. Robert describes his approach as collaborative. He aims to build a trusting relationship and tailors sessions to each person’s needs.
He says counselling is a chance to explore thoughts, feelings and behaviour and to find clearer ways forward. Having a stammer is part of Robert’s personal experience and he says this has taught him patience and sensitivity. He welcomes people who feel marginalised and those wanting to improve communication as a route to better wellbeing.
Robert lists one way 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How client-centred counselling works online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on providing a non-judgemental, listening space where the person sets the pace and priorities. The therapist reflects what is said, helps clarify feelings and supports people to find their own solutions; this approach suits issues like anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship concerns.Robert approaches sessions as a collaborative process. He works with each person to decide what methods feel right and adjusts the way he works as goals and needs become clearer. Finding the best therapeutic fit is part of the work and he will help you explore options together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer ongoing written contact useful for brief updates and reflective notes between longer sessions. These options give flexibility to fit sessions around work, caring duties or mobility needs, and allow people to access a therapist from different locations.
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