About Robert
Robert Jones is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and depression. He holds a District of Columbia LICSW and a Virginia LCSW and offers straightforward, respectful care for a range of life challenges. He uses client-centered methods to focus on each person's priorities.
Conversations aim to clarify what matters most and build on the client's strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when thoughts and behaviors are getting in the way of daily life.
How Robert works
Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear, practical goals and identify steps that work in the short term. People come for help with relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, and career stress. He also supports those dealing with panic attacks, mood disorders, and process or sex-related addictions.
Sessions address communication problems, control struggles, isolation, and questions about life purpose and forgiveness. Robert adapts the pace and techniques to match each client's situation. He listens first, then offers strategies that are simple to try between sessions.
He encourages small experiments that can lead to noticeable change. He provides care in Virginia and accepts English-speaking and international clients. Options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
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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
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and responding to each person's needs. In online sessions this means the therapist focuses on what you say matters most, then shapes conversations and tasks around your priorities. It suits people who want a supportive space to talk and to decide the direction of work together.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT often uses short exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments that clients can try between sessions to reduce anxiety or manage mood swings.
Solution-Focused Therapy targets immediate, achievable steps and measurable progress. In an online format this can mean setting clear goals, tracking small wins by text or chat, and adjusting plans quickly when something does or doesn't work.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose or combine methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. That cooperative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the person make change.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - increase flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions fit when bandwidth is limited or a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing goal tracking, and support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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