About Robert
Robert Winstanley is a BACP counsellor with nine years' practical experience helping people facing stress, anxiety and grief. He practises from a values-led stance that emphasises respect, honesty and freedom of choice. Robert aims to make the first steps into therapy straightforward and clear for people who are unsure where to begin.
Robert draws on a person-centred way of working and blends it with practical problem-solving techniques. He adapts sessions to each person's needs and the situation they bring.
How Robert works
That means talking through feelings and also agreeing simple actions to try between sessions. Over the past nine years he has worked in the NHS and employee assistance services across England and Ireland. He has supported people with depression, work-related stress, bereavement and relationship difficulties.
He also has experience with clients from a range of cultural and neurodiverse backgrounds. Robert has a particular interest in post-incident support and has delivered Critical Incident Stress Management debriefs at workplaces across the UK. In those settings he helps people process traumatic events and identify next steps to cope and recover.
Sessions normally focus on what matters most right now. Conversations are simple, direct and paced to the client. Practical ideas and emotional support are combined so people can test what works for them and build on small changes over time.
Robert lists 3 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Robert’s approaches translate to online therapy
Robert uses a person-centred approach that puts each person's experience at the centre of sessions. This means conversations focus on the client's own priorities, helping them name feelings and decide what matters most to change.He also uses solution-focused methods that aim to identify small, practical steps. These techniques are useful for tackling things like workplace stress, relationship problems and managing anxiety in daily life. Trauma-focused work is available for people processing distressing events, with attention to pacing and stabilisation before moving into deeper material.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try methods that suit their needs, and adjust if something is not helpful. Together they set short-term aims and review progress as work continues.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual contact helps build rapport, while phone sessions suit people needing a quicker check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging can support shorter, more frequent connections and written reflection between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, travel or family commitments.
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