Robert Jarvis, NCPS

Robert Jarvis is a counsellor registered with NCPS and has five years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. He has worked mainly in the charity sector and supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression and common life problems. Robert also works with issues related to trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties and coping with major life changes.

He originally trained as an integrative counsellor but now uses approaches informed by third-wave Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, with particular emphasis on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. He also draws on existential ideas when conversations turn to life purpose and meaning. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thought patterns and trying different ways of responding.

Robert aims to be direct and practical in sessions. He helps people identify thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going, then experiments with small changes. Work can include plain behavioural experiments, values-based goals and exercises to reduce avoidance and increase day-to-day functioning.

People often come for help with anger, relationship strain, feelings of shame or guilt, loneliness and midlife concerns. Robert offers straightforward discussion about what is getting in the way and what might be useful to try instead. He encourages short experiments between sessions and checks how those feel in everyday life.

For anyone wondering how to begin, he asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and book an initial appointment. That first meeting is used to clarify priorities and plan practical steps for the next few sessions.

How his approaches work in online sessions