Robert Pedevillano, LPC

Robert Pedevillano is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with 25 years of practice. He focuses on practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and address addictions and mood concerns. He aims to help people take clear steps forward when life feels stuck.

He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and dialectical approaches. Sessions emphasize identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. He also brings mindfulness and narrative ideas into sessions when they fit the client's goals.

Robert has worked in hospitals, community mental health centers, and employee assistance programs. That background informs his work with career-related stress and workplace conflict. He helps people spot strengths, clarify challenges, and set realistic next steps for change.

In sessions he maintains a warm, direct style. He listens closely and will gently point out blind spots that may be getting in the way. The focus is on collaborative goal-setting and building skills that are useful between sessions.

People come to him for many concerns including relationships, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, sleeping problems, anger, and issues around self-esteem and impulsivity. He also offers support for ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue. The work is practical, steady, and aimed at helping people move toward what they want next.

Online approaches that build practical skills

Robert uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and depression. CBT is goal-focused and often includes homework between sessions to practice new skills.

He also draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the person's experience and priorities and creates space for them to set their own goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy elements are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed, such as for strong mood swings or impulsivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier on low bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily routines.