About Robert
Robert Milde is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Kentucky providing trauma-informed care for adults of every age and background. He began in mental health by volunteering with NAMI, working with families affected by severe mental illness. He made a career change from teacher to therapist and worked at The Ridge Behavioral Health System in Lexington, providing crisis mental health care and substance use treatment, before joining Viewpoint as an outpatient therapist.
Robert is comfortable helping clients with trauma, anxiety, grief, mental illness, addiction, stress, depression, surviving abuse, and the difficulties of life. He helps clients identify evidence-based tools and strategies, drawing from CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, and modalities engaging reprocessing and somatic work, believing in working on cognitive, emotional, and physical levels as needed. He earned his Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Louisville in 2022. In a previous career he earned a Ph.D. in English and taught at the college level for nearly 30 years, 22 of them at Eastern Kentucky University.
Specialties & approaches
Issues
- Trauma
- Anxiety
- Grief
- Mental illness
- Addiction
- Stress
- Depression
- Surviving abuse
Approaches
- Trauma-informed care
- CBT
- DBT
- Motivational Interviewing
- Reprocessing & somatic work
Services
- Therapy
Ages served
- Adults
Work with Robert
Start with a brief online intake — we'll confirm fit, verify benefits, and schedule your first session.