About Robert
Robert Shackelford is a licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of clinical experience. He helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and problems with self-esteem. He also supports those facing relationship and family difficulties, parenting strain, anger, and major life changes.
Robert’s style is straightforward and respectful. He treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on.
How Robert works
Sessions focus on practical steps and clear goals rather than long lectures. He aims to make the first step feel doable and safe to take. In session he uses tools drawn from several approaches.
That includes acceptance and commitment work to clarify values, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity. He also draws on the Gottman Method when relationship communication is a concern. Robert helps people address related challenges such as codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, infidelity, and feelings of emptiness.
He also supports clients exploring life purpose and self-love, and those managing issues tied to Veteran and Armed Forces experiences. His work is practical and collaborative. He helps people set small, measurable steps and checks progress along the way.
Robert is based in Florida and conducts sessions in English.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online approaches and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to you and taking small, meaningful actions toward those values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck by shifting attention from avoiding discomfort to building a purposeful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which often reduces distress and improves daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice stress and strong emotions without reacting automatically, which can lower reactivity and improve emotional balance.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with the client to identify goals, try methods that fit the person’s preferences, and adjust techniques over time. That way the plan evolves based on what works in real life rather than a one-size-fits-all script.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or cameras are not ideal, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and allow therapists to use exercises, worksheets, and mindfulness practices tailored to each format.
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