About Robert
Robert "Pat" Casey offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem. He writes plainly and listens carefully so concerns can be named and understood. His approach aims to help people find clearer steps forward and feel more able to manage daily life.
Pat draws on a variety of methods to match what each person needs. He uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Emotionally-focused ideas are used when relationships and closeness are central concerns. Over four decades of practice in Texas have given him experience with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, anger, and intimacy-related struggles.
He also supports people dealing with career shifts, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and difficult life transitions. Additional areas of attention include guilt and shame, phobias, and social anxiety. Sessions aim to be practical and conversational.
Pat helps people set small, achievable goals and tries to keep each step clear and realistic. He emphasizes collaboration so clients shape the pace and focus of work. Pat holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential, LPC, and uses that background to inform his work with people seeking change.
He offers a calm, steady presence and a focus on real-world coping skills and personal insight.
How his approaches work online
Pat commonly blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused methods. Client-centered work focuses on following the person's priorities, offering a nonjudgmental space to talk through what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thought patterns and behaviors that keep problems going and introduces practical exercises to change them. Emotionally-focused ideas aim to clarify feelings and improve how people connect in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Pat will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust course as needed so the work fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deep conversations and visual cues. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people keep in touch between meetings or take time to write thoughts down. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English