About Robert
Robert Lower is an ACA counsellor with 16 years of experience who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or relationship strain. He offers straightforward support for depression, addictions, grief and life transitions. He aims to make first steps feel manageable and respects the courage it takes to begin therapy.
Robert creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can say what they need to. He listens for the practical patterns that make daily life harder and works with people to identify small, achievable changes.
How Robert works
Sessions focus on what matters now and on steps that fit each person’s routine. His approach draws on a mix of well-known therapies. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to reshape unhelpful thoughts, and Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns.
Techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and client-centred counselling also appear when they suit the person’s goals. Robert has supported people with a wide range of concerns, including parenting strain, ADHD, body image, chronic illness and career stress. He tailors work to each individual rather than using one fixed method.
That flexibility helps when problems are complex or have several causes. Sessions are offered in English and are delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
The subscription can be cancelled at any time.
Robert lists 21 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | ACA |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take values-based action even when emotions are difficult. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and teaches practical skills to reduce worry and depressive thinking. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and can help with intimacy and trust issues.Finding the best approach is part of the work. Robert will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will choose or combine methods that fit. This collaborative process lets techniques be adapted as progress is made or circumstances change.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person sessions, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can provide brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family and travel commitments while still receiving regular care from an appropriately qualified therapist.
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