I am licensed in Missouri with 10 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse. I have worked with a multitude of different people to include the military community, children, women, men, lgbtq, all with unique situations. I believe telling your story in an unbiased, compassionate, caring and non-judgmental atmosphere helps you to understand yourself, in the most realistic way. My intent is to help you gain the power to make the changes you need in your life. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes an active participation in wanting to process some difficult emotions and change some behaviors that you make not like about yourself. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. The journey is hard work, but as always with hard work comes reward. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Abandonment, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Avoidant Personality, BDSM, Kink, Alternative Sex Culture, Blended Family Issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic Violence, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Fatherhood Issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Immigration Issues, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Narcissism, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Young Adult Issues
MO LPC 2008027568
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Robin Bates. 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.
She's insightful and very helpful
Written on Jan 03, 2023 after therapy with Robin for 6 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Robin provides a safe and open environment as well as one that allows for growth. I have been doing therapy for a few years now but these last couple of months with her I have seen and felt a lot of progress.
Written on Aug 26, 2022 after therapy with Robin for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Robin is an amazing therapist. She has helped me to see things in a completely different way.
Written on Aug 19, 2022 after therapy with Robin for 2 months on issues concerning depression, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and adhd
After only two sessions I feel very comfortable with robin. She’s a great listener and very intuitive. Excited to see how things continue to grow with her.
Written on Jun 18, 2022 after therapy with Robin for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes