Dr. Robert Egbert
Experienced LMHC focused on practical help
LMHC Washington
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Robert
Dr. Robert Egbert brings more than 30 years of clinical work to his practice in Washington.
Background and approach
He is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. Many people come to him for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns.
He trained in counseling psychology and has a long career that includes school counseling and family therapy. That background means he is used to helping people across different life stages and situations.
He also has experience with addictions, trauma, grief, eating and sleeping problems, and attention challenges. In sessions he draws from several approaches rather than one fixed method.
He uses client-centered work to listen and build trust. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns.
Dr. Egbert lists the Gottman Method and emotionally-focused ideas among the approaches he uses for relationship and intimacy issues.
He also brings existential perspectives when people need to talk about meaning, life transitions, or values. Outside of therapy he is married with three grown children and enjoys the outdoors, travel, and radio.
That life experience informs a down-to-earth style in sessions. He makes space for practical problem solving and straightforward conversation about what will help next.
Using evidence-based approaches in online care
Dr. Egbert blends several practical methods that translate well to online work. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication, managing conflict, and rebuilding connection in close relationships. It offers concrete tools couples or partners can practice between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience, with the therapist offering empathy and reflective listening to help someone feel understood and heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches ways to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going, which helps with anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the process. He collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and style, and adjusts techniques as progress is made. That collaborative planning helps set clear goals and steps for change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversation and working on relationship skills, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports short reflections between meetings. These options let people fit sessions into busy lives and keep momentum between appointments.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed in
Washington
Languages
English