Robert Marshall
Accessible, person-centred counselling for recovery
About Robert
Robert Marshall is a counsellor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions and depression. He also supports those facing relationship and family strains, trauma and grief, and struggles with sleep or eating. Robert uses a straightforward, compassionate manner to make it easier for someone to start talking about what’s hard.
He describes his practice as person-centred, which means he listens first and follows the person’s lead. He blends that with practical approaches he learned while volunteering with alcohol services, including cognitive behavioural techniques and motivational interviewing.
Background and approach
This mix aims to balance emotional understanding with steps that can change day-to-day life. People meet him in a calm, non-judgemental space where feelings are named and explored. He emphasises empathy and honesty, and encourages open conversation about shame, guilt and loss.
Robert draws on his own experience of recovery from addiction and depression to relate to challenges people describe. Sessions tend to focus on what matters right now, while also looking at underlying patterns that keep problems returning. He works with practical goals such as improving sleep, managing anger, or reducing drinking, alongside deeper themes like attachment, abandonment and life purpose.
The aim is to help someone feel less stuck and more able to cope. Robert is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, has five years of experience, and works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online via several formats.
What Robert works with
How Robert works
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Sessions & fees
How his approaches work online and in sessions
Robert uses client-centred counselling which focuses on listening, empathy and following the person’s agenda. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard and understood before making changes.He also uses cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and build small practical steps that reduce anxiety, improve sleep and change habits. Motivational interviewing is another approach he uses to help people find their own reasons to change, especially around addictions and engaging with treatment.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that suit the person. That collaborative process means plans can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are good for a near face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, live chat lets someone check in during a busy day, and messaging supports shorter updates or ongoing reflection. These options help people fit counselling around work, caregiving and daily life.
| 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
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
