Robert Backai
Practical talking therapy for everyday struggles
About Robert
Robert Backai is a counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom. He uses practical talking therapies to help people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck. He aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and clear.
Robert focuses on everyday problems such as stress, anxiety and low mood. He also supports people facing trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and intimacy-related concerns. Relationship and family difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, anger and low self-esteem are also part of his practice.
Background and approach
He blends Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy to suit what a person needs. That means a mix of talking, noticing patterns, setting small goals and learning ways to cope with distressing memories. Sessions are collaborative and geared toward practical change rather than abstract theory.
Robert holds BACP accreditation, which is his recorded professional credential. He has six years of experience working with these issues in the UK. He offers sessions in English only and does not take international clients.
Appointments are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. He encourages people to be frank about what they want from therapy so the plan can be shaped around real life and real limits.
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Sessions & fees
How therapeutic approaches work online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and behaviours and testing small changes. It is often used for anxiety, depression and stress to build practical coping skills.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on what a person wants to achieve and on small, achievable steps. It suits people who want clear goals and a short-term, action-oriented path forward.
Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process distressing memories and reduce their impact on daily life. It combines careful pacing with techniques to manage intense emotions and make memories less disruptive.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and past experiences to choose the best combination. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
