Dr. Robert Crawford
Compassionate CBT-informed counseling and coaching
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Robert
Dr. Robert Crawford is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with two decades of clinical experience helping people work through trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anxiety, stress, self-esteem struggles, addiction-related patterns, and major life changes.
Background and approach
He combines clinical counseling with coaching strategies to help clients develop practical tools, shift unhelpful patterns, and pursue clearer goals for relationships, career, and daily functioning. His practice also addresses ADHD, compassion fatigue, sleep difficulties, and complex interpersonal issues such as attachment and communication problems.
Dr. Crawford draws on evidence-informed approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Narrative Therapy to tailor work to each person's needs.
Sessions often focus on skill-building, values-driven change, and reshaping stories that keep people stuck, while also attending to emotional processing after loss or trauma. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and works with clients within New Jersey.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
Approaches that guide online therapy and practical change
Dr. Crawford frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, sleep issues, and relationship conflicts. ACT emphasizes clarifying personal values and building psychological flexibility so clients can take meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present.He also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore relational patterns and how early bonds influence current intimacy and communication problems. That approach can help clients understand and shift long-standing ways of relating that contribute to conflict or emotional distance. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist works with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain continuity during transitions. These remote options support flexible scheduling, allow ongoing coaching-style work between sessions, and can help clients practice new skills in the settings where they live and work.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English