About Robert
Robert Allanson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois who brings a decade of clinical experience to his work. He focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and major life changes by combining a client-centered stance with evidence-based techniques.
Background and approach
Robert draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and other practical methods to help clients build skills and use their existing strengths. He seeks to empower clients through collaborative work that clarifies values, improves coping, and supports adjustment during transitions.
His background includes work in both inpatient and outpatient settings addressing substance use and mental health concerns, which informs a practical, strengths-oriented approach. Robert aims to help people translate therapy insights into everyday life by developing flexible strategies that fit changing circumstances and personal goals.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters to them and learn ways to act in line with those values while accepting difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting focus from symptom control to meaningful action. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to reduce impulsivity and improve coping under stress. It can be helpful for intense emotions, impulse-related concerns, and relationship difficulties.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work and is done together. The therapist collaborates with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits the client's needs, preferences, and life circumstances.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allows for scheduling flexibility and continuity of care when in-person visits are not convenient. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions around work, family, or mobility challenges and allow licensed professionals to provide ongoing support in practical, accessible ways.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English