Lara Kelso, LPC

Lara Kelso is a Licensed Professional Counselor with seven years of clinical experience. She practices as an LPC in Missouri and works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns. Lara emphasizes practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier in daily life.

She approaches sessions with a focus on clear goals and helpful skills. Lara uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns that keep problems going. She also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to understand relationship patterns and personal strengths.

In the therapy room she listens for what matters most to each person. She helps clients name emotions, notice unhelpful thoughts, and try new behaviors. Sessions balance talking through difficult memories with building concrete coping strategies for today.

Lara works with parenting and family stress, grief, trauma and abuse, identity and self-esteem concerns, and career-related strain. She also addresses more specific worries like abandonment, adoption or foster care questions, blended family issues, and communication or control problems.

Her aim is to help clients find small, manageable changes that add up over time. People often leave sessions with a clear next step to practice between visits. Lara encourages anyone who is ready to begin to take that first step toward change.

How Lara’s Approaches Work Online

Lara uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that keep problems going. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and intimacy issues, which can help with family and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Lara will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She often blends approaches so therapy can be both problem-focused and responsive to personal experiences.

Online therapy lets people fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for focused work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick updates, supplementing longer sessions, or keeping momentum between appointments. These options make it simpler to keep regular contact and build skills over time.