Robert Mace, LPC

Robert Mace is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience helping people simplify life during periods of change. He focuses on practical, teachable steps clients can practice between sessions. His style is straightforward and often a little humorous, aimed at building lasting self-help skills rather than long-term dependence on therapy.

He begins by listening to a person’s story to understand their struggles. Then he teaches one or two simple exercises tailored to those problems. Sessions often include practice and review so the skills become part of everyday life.

Robert draws on several approaches, including Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Existential ideas, and mindfulness. He mixes those methods into a clear, repeatable program rather than heavy theory. The result is a practical routine clients can use on their own.

He commonly addresses stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting strain, career changes, and coping with life transitions such as midlife re-evaluation. Additional focus areas include chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication and control issues, and problems connected to family of origin.

Robert practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. He prefers video sessions and encourages asynchronous messaging and journaling to support learning between meetings. Prospective clients are asked to consider a short course of teaching-oriented sessions when seeking to learn self-therapy skills.

Approaches used online and how they help

Client-Centered Therapy is focused on listening and responding to what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard and discover their own solutions through guided conversation.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches straightforward ways to spot unhelpful thoughts and change unhelpful behaviors. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by breaking problems into manageable steps.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name strong emotions to improve how they connect with themselves and others. It can be helpful for relationship struggles and intimacy concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences. Early sessions focus on assessment and choosing simple practices to try together.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats were not fully listed. The therapist has stated a clear preference for video sessions and encourages asynchronous messaging and journaling to support learning between meetings. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and enable written journaling between meetings to track progress.