About Robert
Robert "Scotty" Smittle is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arkansas. He brings 15 years of counseling experience to sessions and focuses on practical support for common life struggles. Scotty aims to create a calm, straightforward setting where people can talk and feel heard.
Scotty helps people facing relationship difficulties, parenting strain, anxiety, depression, and issues around self-esteem and identity. He also supports those coping with grief, addiction, stress, bipolar concerns, and workplace or career challenges.
How Robert works
Intimacy, body image, and eating concerns are part of his areas of focus as well. In session he uses a client-centered style that prioritizes the person's own goals and perspective. He also applies cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different behaviors.
Sessions are conversational and focused on real changes that fit daily life. Scotty describes connection as the foundation of good work. He looks for practical ways to reduce symptoms and build skills, not just talk about problems.
He can include a faith-based perspective when a person requests that approach. People meet with him by video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging. His background and straightforward manner appeal to those who want clear tools and steady support through transitions and ongoing struggles.
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.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arkansas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches and online therapy options
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist reflects what the person says and helps them identify their own goals and values, which can be helpful for relationship stress, self-esteem, and identity concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches people to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It is practical and skill-focused and often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor sessions to match those needs in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full session feel, phone can require less bandwidth, chat or messaging can be a quick check-in or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep contact consistent when life gets hectic.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Explore online therapy optionsWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
What is his therapeutic style like?
How much experience does he have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
What session formats are available?
How does payment or cost work?
How do I begin working with him?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for lgbt
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, empathetic therapy for life transitions