Bobbi Cleary, LPC

Bobbi Cleary is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of experience based in Alaska. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, self-esteem, career matters, bipolar concerns, and LGBTQ topics.

She describes her approach as eclectic and draws from different methods to meet a client's goals. That means sessions can include reflective listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindfulness, self-compassion practices, and self-regulation skills. She also uses elements from Gottman approaches when relationship topics are part of the work.

Bobbi trained at Alaska Pacific University, earning a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology in 2005, and holds the LPC credential. Her background includes work in psychiatric inpatient and residential settings and outpatient agencies and private practice. That experience includes group work, family and individual therapies, and intake assessments.

She says practical tools matter: learning a technique and using it in daily life is something she enjoys watching clients achieve. Her style favors straightforward interventions and reflection so clients can notice what helps and what does not. Bobbi also spent time living and studying in Japan, which shaped her interest in how language and culture affect behavior.

Her writing and examples use plain metaphors about changing states, noting that emotions can be stormy and then settle. She frames therapy as a process of finding approaches that calm those storms and help people manage anger and other strong feelings.

Approaches for online work and practical skills