About Timothy
Dr. Timothy Tobin is a licensed counselor with three decades of clinical experience. He holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices from Utah.
He focuses on helping people who are coping with addictions, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. He spent many years working with people facing compulsive behaviors such as substance use, sexual or gambling problems. He also supports those who are processing trauma, profound loss, or changes in belief and meaning.
How Timothy works
He is comfortable talking about unusual or hard-to-explain experiences and the emotional impact those events can bring. Sessions aim to be straightforward and centered on the person's goals. He draws on client-centered methods to listen closely and respect each person's perspective.
Practical skills from cognitive behavioral approaches and emotion-focused work are offered to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. For people who have struggled with intense emotions or relationship patterns, elements of dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused strategies are used to build regulation and connection. Existential ideas are also woven in when clients want to examine meaning, values, or life direction.
Dr. Tobin uses plain language and a calm style. He helps people set clear, manageable steps and practices they can use between sessions.
Many clients find this mix of listening, skill building, and meaning-focused work useful when tackling complicated issues.
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What Timothy works with
The areas below are the ones Timothy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Dr. Tobin uses client-centered therapy to place the person's experience at the center of sessions, focusing on listening, understanding, and building a trusting working relationship. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and to teach practical skills for reducing anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is offered when emotion regulation and managing intense states are priorities; DBT provides clear skills for tolerating distress and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. He works collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts techniques over time based on what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges, phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and chat or text messaging can support ongoing coaching, brief updates, or reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into workdays, caregiving routines, or different time zones while keeping the same licensed professional relationship.
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