Welcome and thank you for taking the time to consider me as your BetterHelp therapist! I’m here to provide the help you need to make changes in your mental health to achieve the quality of life that you’ve been searching for.
I have invested a lot of myself into learning many different therapy methods so that I have the most effective strategies to address the presenting problem. Sometimes it can be tough to convince the brain to go along with what we want it to do; I just know the evidence based techniques to help make that happen. My approach to therapy isn’t so much to get you feeling better temporarily at the moment, but more to actually resolve the issues, thoughts, and patterns that repetitively occur so you don’t have to deal with them in the future. The short version is: do you want to talk about it, or do you want to fix it?
The choice of therapy modality will be tailored to fit your needs based on what you would like to improve. I have 9 years of clinical experience providing effective short term therapy including:
• EMDR
• Personality disorders treatment
• CBT
• TF-CBT
• DBT
• Motivational Interviewing
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Person Centered Therapy
I’m here to provide the support and knowledge you’ve been looking for to make the positive changes in your life.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue
MO LCSW 2012035819
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Robert Dowdy. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Robert Dowdy has been amazing. He gets to know you very well (and quickly might I add) without being intrusive or overly assertive. He has a very kind, direct yet gentle approach, and tops it off with some excellent sarcasm and humour (which is a must for me!) He has helped me so much, I don’t know where I would be if I never would have given this another chance. Thanks for teaching me many life lessons, but more importantly, for teaching me that there are good, trustworthy people in this world.
Written on Dec 18, 2020 after therapy with Robert for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, and self esteem
Robert has been a great help! Simple solutions and easy to talk to, great attitude, and has made the counselling experience very comfortable and enjoyable for a first timer like myself. I would recommend his services to anyone.
Written on Dec 03, 2019 after therapy with Robert for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Robert is a very knowledgeable counselor. I was surprised how I only had to tell him half of the stories about my feelings and he could identify the other half by himself based on his knowledge and experience. Robert is very supportive and caring and not at all judgmental. I am glad to have been matched with Robert.
Written on Dec 01, 2019 after therapy with Robert for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem