About Robert
Dr. Robert Nielsen is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in North Dakota with fifty years of experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, and ADHD.
He also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief and loss, parenting strains, and eating and anger concerns. He works with straightforward conversation and practical steps. Sessions are tailored to each person's situation and goals.
He aims to be respectful, sensitive, and compassionate in every meeting.
Background and approach
Dr. Nielsen uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and respond to what matters most to the person in the room. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
These approaches can be applied to mood, stress, and coping with life changes. He brings decades of clinical experience to difficult topics such as trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and infidelity. That background informs how he supports people through major life transitions and losses.
Conversations with him often blend coaching elements with therapeutic work to boost motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. The style is practical and steady - focusing on small steps that add up to noticeable change.
How his approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. In practice this means the therapist follows your lead, reflects what you say, and helps you clarify your goals and values. This approach can help with relationship concerns, grief, and building confidence.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice patterns of thinking that make problems worse and then practice different ways of thinking and acting. It is often used for anxiety, stress, mood concerns, and some ADHD-related challenges where changing routines and habits is helpful.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan based on what helps. You and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep using.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for deeper conversations and seeing facial cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messages are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when you want to send updates between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let therapy fit into busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 50 years
- Licensed
- North Dakota
- Languages
- English
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