About Robert
Robert Gamboa offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or major life changes. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. His style is direct and respectful, aimed at helping people make sense of emotions and start moving forward.
Robert concentrates on common struggles like relationship conflict, grief, addictive behavior, low self-esteem, and trauma.
Background and approach
He pays attention to cultural background and to how identity can affect emotional health. Sessions are intended to help people speak about what matters most and test small changes that can improve daily life. He uses client-centered methods to build a working relationship and motivational interviewing to support changes people want to make.
Solution-focused techniques help set short-term goals and track progress between sessions. This mix is meant to balance listening with concrete action. Over five years of practice, Robert has worked with people facing mood disorders, ADHD, anger, and issues around intimacy and parenting strain.
He also notes experience with veterans and multicultural concerns and with addiction-related problems. The emphasis is on meeting each person where they are and working together to find clear next steps. Sessions are offered in English for residents of Georgia.
Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client's lead, reflect what they hear, and help people name feelings and choices in their own words.Motivational Interviewing is about exploring a person's goals and helping them find their own reasons for change. In video or text sessions this becomes short, focused conversations that build confidence and clarify small steps forward.
Solution-Focused Therapy targets practical goals and immediate next steps. Online work supports this by letting people set clear tasks, check progress between meetings, and adjust goals as things change.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and body language cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on concrete steps and goals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English