Dr. Robert Cipriano Jr, CA Psychologist 32975, NC Psychologist 5348

Dr. Robert Cipriano Jr is a California Psychologist 32975 and North Carolina Psychologist 5348 with 20 years of practice. He works in Florida and provides care for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship and family problems, and issues tied to stress or sleep.

He uses clear, practical methods in sessions. He has relied on cognitive behavioral therapy for most of his career. In the last two years he has been offering Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, for people with trauma symptoms.

Much of his background is with public safety and high-stress work. He has provided services to a trauma intensive care unit and inpatient behavioral health units at a large trauma hospital in northern Miami-Dade County. He has led critical incident stress debriefings for staff and has completed more than 200 such debriefings.

He has worked inside a metropolitan police department as a staff psychologist assigned to a crisis negotiation team. In that role he assisted with crisis situations involving hostages, barricades, and other high-risk incidents. He also helps develop wellness programs for public safety sworn and civilian personnel and supervises psychological services for a major police department.

In addition to clinical work, he has delivered training on active shooter dynamics, school violence, and bullying. He has written on the topic of wellness and on keeping wellness practices connected to other parts of life. For people in blended families, communication or co-parenting conflicts, he lists blended family issues among his focus areas.