About Bobbi
Bobbi Cleary offers a practical, person-centered approach that ties emotional and mental wellness to overall health. She views counseling as a way to teach useful tools people can use in daily life. Bobbi emphasizes empowerment so clients can find inner strength and move toward healing and greater calm.
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with thirteen years of experience and practices from Alaska. Bobbi adapts methods to fit each person rather than using a single formula.
Background and approach
She describes her style as eclectic and selects strategies that match a client's goals and temperament. Techniques she draws on include reflective Rogerian listening, cognitive-behavioral ideas, mindfulness, self-compassion exercises, self-regulation skills, and principles from the Gottman approach.
Her background includes a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Alaska Pacific University and a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies with a French minor from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She has worked in inpatient psychiatric and residential settings doing group, individual, and family therapies and intake assessments. She has also practiced in outpatient agencies and independent practice.
Bobbi writes plainly and focuses on helping people learn tools that make a real difference. Sessions often emphasize skills you can try between meetings, such as grounding practices, thought reframing, or communication exercises. Her aim is to build a steady connection where clients can practice new ways of coping.
She draws on life experience living abroad and growing up in coastal Alaska to shape her view of change as natural and cyclical. That perspective guides how she helps people move from turbulent times toward steadier days.
Evidence-based approaches for online support
Bobbi uses accessible, evidence-based techniques that translate well to remote work. Cognitive-behavioral strategies focus on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; they often include practical exercises to try between sessions and help with anxiety, depression, and mood regulation. Mindfulness and self-compassion practices teach simple attention and kindness skills that reduce reactivity and improve emotional balance, useful for stress, grief, and trauma-related symptoms.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review concerns, goals, and preferences together and try methods that fit the person. Adjustments are made as needed so techniques remain practical and personally meaningful over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility and several ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support ongoing reflection, quick skill reminders, or brief progress updates between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or travel schedules while still working with licensed professionals and therapists who can guide recovery and skill building.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English