About Robert
Rev. Robert Hotes is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Indiana. He helps people facing grief, career shifts, major life changes, compassion fatigue, and concerns around intimacy, eating, sleep, anger, and self-esteem.
He also supports those coping with bipolar mood issues and people navigating multicultural concerns and prejudice. He uses a coaching-style approach that focuses on practical steps and clear goals. Sessions aim to be direct and compassionate.
Clients can expect an open, nonjudgmental space to talk through what is happening now and decide on next steps.
Background and approach
With about 20 years of counseling experience, he combines practical problem-solving with attention to personal values and life purpose. He often works with people who feel isolated, overwhelmed by caregiving duties, or who are preparing for end-of-life conversations. Conversations may include communication skills, restoring energy after compassion fatigue, managing anger, or planning a career change.
He helps people name priorities, try new behaviors, and adjust plans when needed. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits your calendar.
Approaches that guide online sessions
He typically uses a coaching-style approach that focuses on setting clear goals, breaking tasks into small steps, and tracking progress; this is helpful for career changes, life transitions, and rebuilding daily routines. He also draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at improving communication, managing mood swings, and easing compassion fatigue; these methods involve learning skills and practicing them between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client will review needs, try methods that fit the client’s goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative process helps match tools to the issues that matter most to the client.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy schedules or limited travel options. Video calls let the therapist observe nonverbal cues and hold fuller conversations, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, tracking progress between sessions, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to include therapy in a routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English