About Robert
Robert Hoopingarner helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, parenting strain, and major life changes. He also supports those facing relationship and family conflict, career concerns, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and identity issues related to LGBT experiences. Robert brings 26 years of counseling experience to his work in Arizona and approaches each person as an individual with their own strengths.
He uses a warm, interactive style and listens closely to how people describe their difficulties.
How Robert works
Conversations focus on practical steps and realistic goals rather than labels. The first sessions usually clarify priorities and create an initial plan that fits the person's life. Robert blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally-focused work to address thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns.
He also draws on the Gottman Method for couples work and mindfulness practices to help with stress and emotional regulation. Treatment plans are adapted over time based on what is helping. Sessions may include brief skill practice, thought tracking, communication coaching, grief processing, or relapse prevention strategies for addictions.
The pace is set by the person seeking help, with attention to building coping skills and restoring balance. Robert emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a nonjudgmental attitude. He aims to empower people to make meaningful changes and to build better routines, clearer communication, and stronger coping with life demands.
Robert lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a collaborative relationship; it helps people feel heard and supports self-directed change through thoughtful conversation and reflection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises like thought tracking and behavior experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift emotional patterns in relationships to improve connection and communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and suggest one or a combination of methods. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan based on what helps most, keeping the process collaborative and goal-oriented.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to keep regular contact with licensed professionals.
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