Dr. Robb Kerr, PhD, LPC

Dr. Robb Kerr, PhD is a licensed professional counselor with 34 years of clinical and academic experience. He offers a calm, listening presence and focuses on creating an open space where people can share difficult feelings. He emphasizes straightforward conversation and steady support for those facing stress, anxiety, grief, or intimacy-related concerns.

He draws on client-centered work to prioritize each person's experience and perspective. Psychodynamic ideas guide longer-term reflection about patterns that repeat in relationships and personal life. Trauma-focused approaches are used when past events continue to cause distress or disrupt daily functioning.

Kerr has a background that includes counseling and clinical psychology degrees plus specialized training in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. His practice experience includes work with LGBT concerns, relationship and family conflict, caregiving stress, and compassion fatigue. He also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, body image, and coping with illness and loss.

In sessions he aims to help people name and understand their feelings, notice repeating patterns, and try new ways of relating. He often combines empathic listening with questions that invite reflection about past influences on present choices. That combination can help people find clearer ways to manage anxiety, improve communication, or rebuild intimacy.

People who reach out can expect an approachable, patient clinician who values steady progress. To begin, clients follow the directory’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule with him.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's view. The therapist emphasizes empathy and works to reflect feelings and priorities so people feel heard and clearer about their next steps.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns that keep repeating in relationships and behavior. It helps people connect present difficulties to past experiences so they can make different choices over time.

Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on how past traumatic events influence day-to-day functioning and relationships. It uses targeted strategies to reduce the hold of those memories and to restore a sense of control and safety in everyday life.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and what feels most helpful, and then shape the approach collaboratively rather than imposing one method.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - fewer travel requirements, easier scheduling around work or caregiving, and the ability to check in from a quieter space when needed. Some people prefer a shorter phone check-in when time is tight, while others choose longer sessions for deeper reflection. Licensed professionals can adapt pacing and tools to match the client’s day-to-day routine.