Cynthia (Cindi) Stewart, LPC, LPCC

Cynthia (Cindi) Stewart is a licensed professional counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. She uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help people manage anxiety, depression, and life changes. Her style is warm and down-to-earth and focused on real-world coping skills.

She works with people facing stress, relationship strain, grief, addictions, and identity questions. She also supports those dealing with chronic illness, caregiver strain, blended family challenges, and job-related burnout. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most and build doable steps forward.

Her work often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values. She also uses client-centered techniques to make space for each person’s story and elements of dialectical behavior therapy for emotional regulation.

Cindi’s approach is collaborative. She helps people set short-term goals and try small experiments between sessions. She teaches specific skills - like grounding techniques, communication strategies, and planning for setbacks - so people can use them right away.

She holds the credential Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC. Her practice is based in Missouri and she has worked with people across different stages of life. The focus is on practical change, honesty about progress, and steady support as people rebuild routines and confidence.

How CBT, ACT, and Client-Centered Work Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and testing new ways of thinking. Online CBT sessions often include short between-session exercises and practical tools to reduce anxiety or depressive patterns.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values even with difficult feelings present. In remote sessions ACT often uses simple experiential exercises and values-based planning that clients can practice during their week.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes a supportive, non-judgmental relationship where the person leads the conversation. Online sessions using this approach provide space for people to tell their story and feel heard while exploring options at their own pace.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the approach as needed.

Online formats - video, phone, live chat, and text messaging - offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera time is limited. Live chat and text messaging make shorter check-ins and ongoing support possible between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.