Robert Mace, LPC

Robert Mace, LPC, has spent three decades helping people make clear changes in their lives. He focuses on practical steps that free up energy for new directions. He often frames therapy as learning a few simple skills clients can use on their own. His approach favors straightforward listening, short lessons, and practice between meetings.

He begins by assessing where someone is stuck and listening to the stories that matter. Then he teaches a single exercise tailored to that issue and asks clients to practice it. Sessions repeat this cycle so skills build over time and become habits. Humor and creativity are sometimes part of the work.

Robert describes his overall goal as encouraging self-therapy skills. That means clients learn tools they can use after formal sessions end. He draws on several therapeutic approaches to shape those tools, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness practices.

His experience includes working with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleep problems, parenting strains, anger, career struggles, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include chronic pain and illness, codependency, commitment and control issues, family of origin problems, and isolation.

Robert prefers video sessions because they allow richer interaction, and he encourages ongoing asynchronous journaling and messaging between meetings. He practices in Missouri and brings a practical, pared-down style to therapy.

How his approaches translate to online work

Robert draws on client-centered methods that focus on listening and responding to each person's concerns, helping them feel heard and guiding the work around their priorities. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques that break problems into manageable steps and teach concrete exercises to change thinking and behavior. Mindfulness practices are part of his toolkit too, offering simple attention exercises to reduce stress and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. He will discuss goals and preferences with each person and adapt which tools are used based on what feels most helpful. The plan is tailored together rather than handed down from the start.

Because he prefers video sessions, online meetings can preserve visual cues that support the step-based teaching style and practice demonstrations. He also encourages ongoing asynchronous journaling and messaging to reinforce exercises between meetings. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Many people find online meetings easier to fit into a workday, allow a focused check-in, and let practice work continue between scheduled sessions.