About Robert
Dr. Robert Nielsen is a licensed professional clinical counselor in North Dakota with fifty years of experience. He focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and motivation.
He aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. He works to make the first steps toward change feel manageable. Robert adapts conversations and plans to each person’s situation.
He helps people sort through relationship tensions, intimacy issues, parenting stresses, and family concerns.
How Robert works
He also supports those facing grief, hospice and end-of-life questions, infidelity, or trauma and abuse. He addresses eating concerns, anger, ADHD, and compassion fatigue as needed. His approach draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
In sessions he listens first, then offers practical strategies clients can try between meetings. Sessions often include skill-building for coping, thinking patterns that keep problems going, and clear steps to try at home. People who want straightforward guidance and a steady, respectful presence tend to find his style helpful.
He emphasizes collaboration and pacing that fits each person’s comfort level. The goal is to strengthen everyday coping and support lasting change. Dr.
Nielsen offers multiple ways to meet, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. He works with people across locations, including international clients, and tailors work to each person’s needs.
Robert lists 2 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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 50 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Dakota |
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Online support options
How his approaches translate to online counseling
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and offering empathic listening. It helps people feel heard and supports their own decisions about change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and offers concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. He will listen to your goals and preferences and then recommend whether client-centered care, CBT, or a blend makes the most sense. That choice is revisited as progress is made so therapy stays useful and practical.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversation and teaching skills, phone works well when video is difficult or bandwidth is low, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging lets people reflect between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent amid busy lives and geographic distance.
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