Online Therapy for Individuals and Couples in San Francisco & Throughout California
When anxiety, conflict, or difficult past experiences are taking too much room in your life, I help you find steadiness now and work with what is underneath..
A Systems Perspective on Healing and Connection
I’m Robert Jackson, a California therapist helping individuals and couples navigate anxiety, conflict, and the effects of difficult experiences.
Before becoming a therapist, I spent 20 years at Canal Alliance supporting the Latino immigrant community in Marin County, and my first career was in engineering. That systems perspective still informs my work today, helping me recognize the repeating patterns that keep people stuck in their lives and relationships. I am also a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist (EFCT), reflecting the depth of training and commitment I bring to couples work specifically.
In our work together, we first address what feels most overwhelming so you can find your footing. From there, we go deeper into the emotional patterns and attachment wounds that shape how you feel and relate to others.
Who I Often Work With
You may be a good fit to work with me if some of these situations feel familiar.
For Individuals
Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in ways that are hard to shake
Carrying the weight of past experiences that still affect how you feel today
Struggling in relationships — or wondering why the same patterns keep repeating
For Couples
Feeling disconnected, stuck in conflict, or like you're speaking different languages
Dealing with the aftermath of betrayal or infidelity and unsure if repair is possible
Affected by ADHD in the relationship, or an LGBTQ+ couple seeking an affirming and experienced therapist
If some of this sounds familiar, a consultation can help us decide whether working together makes sense.
How I Help
Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, carrying painful patterns, or stuck in relationship cycles, meaningful change can begin.
Building Stability
When anxiety, stress, or overwhelm start taking over, I help you slow things down, find your footing, and feel more able to handle what is in front of you with greater clarity and confidence.
Working at the Root
Some struggles are shaped by trauma, attachment wounds, or emotional patterns that keep repeating. I help you work more deeply with what is underneath so lasting change can begin.
Changing the Cycle
When couples feel stuck in conflict, distance, betrayal, or ADHD-related strain, I help them understand the cycle they are caught in and begin finding a different way forward.
How I Work
I help with both what feels overwhelming right now and what may be shaping it underneath.
Sometimes the first step is helping you feel more steady in the present — less flooded, less reactive, and more able to get through the week. At other times, the work goes more deeply into trauma, attachment wounds, and emotional patterns that keep repeating.
My approach draws from CBT and mindfulness for symptom relief, and from AEDP, IFS, and EFT for deeper emotional and relational work. I aim to offer a grounded, thoughtful space where real change can begin. In that way, our work can support both immediate relief and deeper, lasting change.
What Colleagues Say About My Work
These reflections from fellow therapists speak to the care, training, and presence I bring to my work with individuals and couples.
Robert creates a grounded and compassionate atmosphere for individuals and couples. His approach feels thoughtful, personalized, and deeply supportive. He is always learning and bringing new tools into his work.
-Macy Chapman, LMFT, LPCC
As a fellow therapist, I highly recommend Robert and his practice of Emotionally Focused Therapy. He goes with you in the therapy journey, helping each partner feel deeply seen and supporting deeper intimacy.
-Adam Anderson, LMFT, MBA
I have great admiration for the depth of care Robert brings to his clients and for his dedication to the craft of therapy. He has trained extensively with leaders in the field of relationship and couples therapy.
-Charles Mandell, LMFT, Certified EFCT Therapist
Robert and I have participated in ongoing consultation in Emotionally Focused Therapy. He is a deeply attuned couples therapist who puts his heart into the work. Simply put, Robert helps couples reconnect.
-Michael Sonn, LCSW, Certified EFCT Therapist