- ACT and CBT methods
- Coaching for transitions
- Attachment work
About Robert
Dr. Robert Crawford is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with 20 years of clinical experience based in New Jersey. He works with people facing trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, stress, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and concerns such as sleeping problems, self-esteem, career questions, and ADHD. He also lists work with compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, and challenges tied to attachment and abandonment.
His style blends counseling and coaching. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking. He helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck, then build small changes that move day-to-day life forward.
Dr. Crawford uses approaches that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Those methods are used to address unhelpful thoughts, painful memories, and relationship patterns. He also brings coaching techniques for career moves and life transitions.
In sessions he tends to be direct about goals and progress. Conversations often center on specific skills, new perspectives, and actions to try between meetings. He works with people who want concrete tools as well as deeper understanding of their history and relationships.
People seeking help for issues such as pornography or sexual behavior concerns, intimacy after affairs, chronic patterns of avoidance, or recovery from loss will find these topics listed in his focus areas. He aims to help clients make practical changes while honoring difficult feelings that come up along the way.
Therapeutic approaches and how online work fits
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then clarify values and take small actions toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce distress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people identify needs and new ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Crawford tends to combine methods and to decide what to emphasize with the client. He works collaboratively to match techniques to the person's goals, history, and what feels most useful in day-to-day life.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so meetings feel more manageable. If coaching-style check-ins or focused CBT skill sessions would help with guilt or shame, those can be integrated into remote work as appropriate.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame concerns does he work with?
He lists trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sexual and pornography behavior concerns, grief, and relationship problems among his focus areas.
How does he approach guilt and shame in sessions?
He combines counseling and coaching, using ACT and CBT to notice unhelpful thinking and then building practical skills to respond differently to guilt or shame.
What is his clinical background and experience?
He has 20 years of clinical experience and uses a mix of therapeutic approaches alongside coaching techniques to address persistent patterns.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in New Jersey.
Does he work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients book with him?
He is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled and how do I start?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.