Carrie Kirchner, LPC

Carrie Kirchner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who helps people manage intense emotions and daily stress. She focuses on practical skills that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and make overwhelming feelings easier to handle. Carrie aims to make the first steps feel doable for someone who is nervous about starting therapy.

Carrie uses clear, skills-based work in sessions. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, looking at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping tools for strong feelings.

People come to Carrie for help with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood swings, anger, low self-esteem, trauma, and life changes. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, and feelings of emptiness. Sessions focus on practical strategies and small changes that build confidence over time.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She respects the client’s perspective and helps set goals that feel relevant and achievable. Carrie aims to blend skill practice with supportive conversation so people leave sessions with tools they can try right away.

With ten years of experience working in the field, Carrie brings steady guidance and a focus on skills that work day to day. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing work. This variety helps people fit therapy into their schedules and communication preferences.

Online approaches that teach emotion regulation

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought patterns that influence feelings and behavior. Carrie uses CBT techniques to help people test unhelpful thoughts, develop alternatives, and try small behavioral changes that lift mood and reduce anxiety.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, centers on building practical skills for managing intense emotions. This approach includes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that support people who feel overwhelmed by strong feelings.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Carrie works with each person to select techniques that match their goals and preferences. Over time she adjusts strategies based on what helps most, so therapy stays focused and relevant.

Online formats provide flexibility for steady progress. Video calls allow face-to-face skills practice, phone sessions can fit a break in a busy day, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text-based messaging works well for quick questions and homework follow-up. These options help people keep momentum while tailoring how they communicate with their therapist.