Dr. Tess DeProw, LPC

Dr. Tess DeProw is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri with 30 years of experience helping people handle depression, addiction, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps clients can use right away and talks through coping strategies in clear, simple language. Her style is warm, encouraging, and aimed at helping people find their strengths.

She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns of thinking and change unhelpful habits. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. Client-centered and mindfulness approaches help people slow down, tune into their needs, and decide what matters most.

Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Dr. DeProw works with each person to set small, achievable steps and tracks progress along the way. Motivational interviewing is used when people feel stuck or ambivalent about making changes.

Practical tools are a routine part of work in session. These include thought records, behavior experiments, grounding and breathing practices, and narrative exercises to reframe difficult experiences. The focus is on what someone can do between sessions to feel better and regain control.

She believes people already have resources inside them and that therapy helps uncover those strengths. People can expect straightforward guidance, empathy, and a plan they can use in everyday life.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Dr. DeProw uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT techniques often include simple experiments and thought records that people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety, depression, or unhelpful habits.

She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions. This approach helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and work toward different responses that feel safer and more connected.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and comfort level, adjusting techniques as progress is made. Clients and therapist decide together what to try and when to shift direction.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper sessions that benefit from visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a busy schedule or use less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat suit short check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and practice skills consistently.