Robert Wilcox

Hello, and welcome!!!! Congrats on taking the time to invest in yourself. My name is Robert and I have been working in the helping field for 20 years. For the first 10 years I worked with Traumatic brain injury survivors, and then for the last 10 years I have been working with severe addiction, trauma, depression, and anxiety. I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor, and have a strong background in neuroscience, CBT and mindfulness based stress reduction. I do not have any formal training for LGBTQ+; however, I have worked with clients of all orientations and am an ally.

My style is highly person centered and solutions focused. I genuinely enjoy hearing people's story, while at the same time am highly goal orientated. The exact style I employ at any given moment is really client and situation dependent. I often teach coping skills, communication skills, neuroscience, and predictable aspects of human nature. I enjoy in depth discussions about family and intimate relationships, spirituality, sexuality, meaning, and purpose in life. Also, as already mentioned I truly appreciate the opportunity to sit with and feel another person's story, as I have found this alone, can be therapeutic.

I do my best to create a warm, safe, non judgemental place for all clients, as it is through vulnerability that we are able to heal. The typical goals I set with clients are about reducing unwanted symptoms and increasing the positive experiences. I try to keep sessions and the course of therapy balanced using a mix of education and therapy. My working style is about empathy, understanding, validation, learning new skills and concepts, and collaboratively figuring out how you can more consistently let the best version of you shine through to the world.