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Robert Paynter, NCPS

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Robert is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

5.0 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Robert. View 33 reviews
Great news, Robert is accepting new clients!
He is normally fully-booked.
Speaks English, Afrikaans, and Portuguese
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in United Kingdom
Accepts worldwide clients

Recent reviews

Very pleasant and friendly therapist

Reviewed November 2024

Rob has helped me to change my life for better and I am really grateful

Reviewed September 2024

More about Robert

  • 10 years' experience
  • Male
  • NCPS

Qualified counsellor since 2015.

Since joining Betterhelp in 2022 I have supported over 350 clients so far and over 2000 sessions. I now have experience of over 3000 hours. On Betterhelp platform I have consistently retained a 99% success rate in providing therapeutic support and have continuing good reviews.

I have impact and capability to easily talk to and support clients from all cultures, genders, orientations, societies, worldwide who need help with most mental struggles including depression, anxiety, addictions, relationships, anger management, lack of self confidence, low self esteem and poor self image. My approach in treatment is usually hybrid blend of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and the person centred and integrative treatment approaches are used depending on your unique needs. I show empathy and respect, sensitivity, and compassion irrespective of culture, religion, gender, race, language or sexual orientation. I am a great listener and am easy to talk to. My treatment plan will focus on your unique and specific needs. Try take the first brave step to overcome your struggle and get your life back and lets head towards a more healthier and happier life. This takes courage and my good experience, easy to talk to reputation, empathy and listening skills will quickly help support you in progress to recovery.

Having travelled the world and visited 66countries so far and worked in 3 continents and 6 countries and an adventurous life, I have good life experience to support a diversity of people, struggles and challenges.

Latest review comments from clients

Robert is an excellent therapist. We worked together on my self-confidence for three months and the result exceeded my expectations by far. I always felt understood and well advised by him and with his sensitive, friendly and professional way of therapy he helped me to open up more and more. He made it easy for me to be completely honest and trusting and I learned and understood a lot about myself. Thanks to the coping skills he provided me with, I was able to overcome issues that I've been carrying with me my whole life. And he also gave me helpful advice on my future plans, so that I feel well prepared to embark on a new professional path.

Rob, I am glad and grateful that I found Betterhelp and have been matched with you. Thanks to your support I live now a happier and more fulfilling life. Rob has been fantastic with me and my journey. Not only has he installed a new level of self confidence and belief in myself. he has helped my thought processes and I’ve never felt so healthy mentally or physically. Rob is a not a only a brilliant therapist but a great person and I am honoured to call him a mate

I look forward to the opportunity to support you as well.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Addictions LGBT Relationship issues Depression Anger management Self esteem Career difficulties Coping with life changes Coaching Compassion fatigue Abandonment Aging and geriatric issues Attachment issues BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture Body image Cancer Caregiver issues and stress Codependency Communication problems Control issues Divorce and separation Domestic violence Drug and alcohol addiction Eating and food-related issues Emptiness Family of origin issues Family problems Fatherhood issues First responder issues Forgiveness Guilt and shame HIV / AIDS Hoarding Immigration issues Impulsivity Infidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Men's issues Midlife crisis Money and financial issues Mood disorders Multicultural concerns Narcissism Panic disorder and panic attacks Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships Post-traumatic stress Prejudice and discrimination Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling) Self-love Sex addiction Sexual assault and abuse Sexuality Smoking / vaping cessation Social anxiety and phobia Workplace issues Young adult issues

Treatment Approaches

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Mindfulness Therapy

Licenses

  • NCPS · United Kingdom · NCS20-01745 · Expires June 2025

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Robert Paynter

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

5.0

33 reviews

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Very pleasant and friendly therapist

Reviewed November 2024

Rob has helped me to change my life for better and I am really grateful

Reviewed September 2024

Rob has now been my therapist for several years: his support, guidance, and encouragements have been invaluable. His wide-ranging expertise in wildly different life areas and his understanding of different cultures has made my experience of therapy —and coaching when needed— so seamless and fruitful. Thank you!

Reviewed August 2024

Robert is an amazing therapist. I can talk to him on eye level and get new ideas and input and yet he is willing to adjust every method to find what works for me personally. He never dismisses any struggles and talking to him is very validating. I feel seen and heard and most importantly: not alone with my problems. I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Reviewed November 2023

Rob has been fantastic with me and my journey. Not only has he installed a new level of self confidence and belief in myself. he has helped my thought processes and I’ve never felt so healthy mentally or physically. Rob is a not a only a brilliant therapist but a great person and I am honoured to call him a mate.

Reviewed November 2023

Robert clearly draws on a wealth of experience in his discussions. He has a wonderful coaching style and really throws the agenda over to you - he gave me the freedom and space to take the conversation where I needed to. Thanks for your support, Robert!

Reviewed November 2023

Robert is an old soul with a lot of experience in life. He has seen and done just about everything. When it comes to helping people, he is a firm believer that everyone can do better for themselves and he proves that with some methods he talks about in our sessions. Lovely man.

Reviewed September 2023

Excellent

Reviewed September 2023

Rob has been my psychotherapist for over a year now. He's been able to understand the root causes of my anxiety and helped me develop tools to live a better life. The work is continuous and his help has been crucial!

Reviewed September 2023

Robert become your friend he is easy to talk and help you towards the goals.

Reviewed August 2023

Robert is an excellent therapist that not only completely understands my issues and needs but has guided me to a much better place mentally by helping me reduce significant stress. I am very comfortable in being wholly open and honest with Robert and I feel my trust in him is totally secure and beneficial to improving my wellbeing. His experience and empathy shines through and his articulate and concise discussions are very relatable and easy to follow. Robert is a superb therapist I highly recommend.

Reviewed August 2023

Robert is incredibly understanding and thoughtful and helped me connect the dots in my life, and helped me better understand myself. He is very friendly and relatable and the way he talks is very calming and reassuring. I found that I could confide quite deeply with Robert.

Reviewed August 2023

Working with Robert is one of the best decisions I have made to better my life in a positive way. Robert is very supportive, understand and helpful to the things that matter to me . I’m very grateful for the support and how comfortable Robert has made my online therapy journey.

Reviewed July 2023

I had always considered therapy for the longest time, but after going through a particularly dark period in my life, had never truly acted upon it. Deciding that enough was enough, I had turned to betterhelp to try and quell those dark thoughts that had be n clouding over my life. Shortly after this, I was put in touch with Robert, who really listened to my past and present. He helped me develop some much needed techniques to help me deal with my everyday conundrums, for which I will always be grateful.

Reviewed June 2023

Robert has offered me support and advice to manage stress levels, the CBT techniques he recommended have been especially helpful in managing this. The sessions have helped me develop more comfortability with expressing my feelings. The worksheets he provided gave good insight and opportunities to reflect about life goals and more broadly developing a more positive outlook and emotional resilience.

Reviewed March 2023

Robert is a kind and wonderful therapist! He has made me feel extremely comfortable in our sessions and has provided such useful coping techniques and approaches that have challenged my thinking and self to be a better person to myself. Extremely grateful and recommend!

Reviewed March 2023

Expert advice. Advice. Gentle guidance

Reviewed March 2023

I recommend sessions with Robert to anyone dealing with multiple contexts at the same time, and struggling in different aspects of their life: he is a wholesome therapist, reliable, focused, empathic and friendly. The right balance to pursue a journey together, whether to get over a short term crisis or to slowly evolve into being a more structured, happy and healthy person. I started video sessions with Rob in October of 2022 when my life felt very overwhelming. He has helped me ever since: both in coming to terms with personal and family issues and in focusing to pull through with my career moves and PhD work. After having tried different forms of in-person therapy in the different countries I have lived in, he is the first person with whom I found regular support, focused on a broad range of issues, and most importantly: with a true understanding of multilocal living, the struggle of anchoring to new places, while still nurturing a broad network of friends and loved ones. He is open-minded, you can discuss anything with him. Thanks Rob, you have made such a difference!

Reviewed March 2023

I worked with Robert as my therapist, and he helped me overcome a tough breakup, build self-confidence, and find happiness again. Robert's compassionate and non-judgmental approach made it easy to open up to him, and his practical tools and exercises were instrumental in helping me manage my emotions and overcome difficult situations. I appreciated his unwavering support and kindness and always felt seen and heard.

Reviewed February 2023

I cannot express enough gratitude for the caring support from Robert. He has been an inspiring, professional, and trustworthy friend. Walking out of this, I've been able to understand and manage my depression much much better. And I couldn't have been able to make it without him. Thank you for walking me out of the darkness. And I will truly miss our sessions together on my way forward.

Reviewed January 2023

I started talking with Robert when I was going through a rough spot full of self-doubt and mood swings. Talking with him helped me gain better self esteem and learn to get better control of my emotions and channel them the right way. He is a very positive and supportive person. Has lots of real life lessons to learn from. It was pleasure to have this experience with him.

Reviewed January 2023

Robert has offered me a variety of tools to cope with anxiety and stress. We've worked proactively to outline goals and he's been very supportive noting progress made.

Reviewed December 2022

Robert has been amazing. Wonderful, experienced person. I feel like I made some good big steps just in 3 sessions. All the best

Reviewed December 2022

Such a positive and amazing therapist and person in general! He has helped me gain balance in my life. Very professional.

Reviewed December 2022

Rob was amazing from the very first second. We connected becasue we both speak Portuguese and he was able to understand me from the fist minute. He gave me copying and communication strategies that are working already after a couple of weeks. I would love to continue my journey with Rob. Could not be more thankful!

Reviewed December 2022

Robert has been excellent so far. He made me feel very comfortable from the beginning and is very easy to talk to. I feel free to be honest and confident I will get the right help and advice needed. Looking forward to the journey and gaining the skills and understanding to move forwards.

Reviewed December 2022

For my first time in therapy, he was very understanding and listened attentively

Reviewed December 2022

I’ve only had two sessions and I already feel super happy with some of the progress I’ve made with Roberts help. Couldn’t recommend enough!

Reviewed November 2022

Robert made me feel very relaxed and comfortable in our first session. Looking forward to further sessions

Reviewed November 2022

A wonderful man, very polite and approachable to talk to. I feel like I'm talking to a very good friend.He is calm and willing to listen, does not criticize and gives good advice and exercises for solving that is how to deal with the problem.I am very glad that I had the privilege of talking to such a person, you could talk to him for days. An interesting man, with life experience. It was a wonderful adventure to talk with him and learn from him!

Reviewed November 2022

Would highly recommend. Great at keeping in contact and extremely helpful.

Reviewed November 2022

Robert is kind, friendly and easy to talk to therapist. I felt listened to and not judged. He has tons of life experience and I felt elevated after every session. He prepared for the sessions well and goes above and beyond. Thoroughly recommend!

Reviewed November 2022

Robert has been brilliant! Patient and understanding as well as knowledgeable and straight talking. He made me feel very relaxed, despite my initial nervousness and very quickly it felt like I was chatting to a mate. In a short space of time, he has equipped me with some easy to understand tools that will help me with my depression and general well being. A lovely chap and a great help

Reviewed September 2022

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Frequently asked questions

Does Robert Paynter offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Robert Paynter works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Robert Paynter speak?

Robert Paynter speaks English, Afrikaans, and Portuguese.

How many years of experience does Robert Paynter have?

Robert Paynter has 10 years of experience.

Where is Robert Paynter licensed to practice?

Robert Paynter is licensed to practice in the United Kingdom.

Does Robert Paynter accept clients outside of the United Kingdom?

Yes, Robert Paynter accepts clients outside of the United Kingdom.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Robert Paynter offer?

Robert Paynter offers clients Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Mindfulness Therapy.

How can I communicate with Robert Paynter?

Robert Paynter can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Robert Paynter?

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