- Strengths-based approach
- Practical coping skills
- Relationship focus
About Lara
Lara Kelso is an LPC with seven years of professional experience. She practices in Missouri and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting strains, and self esteem challenges. She presents therapy as a partnership and encourages people to take the first step toward change.
Lara approaches work by centering each person’s story. She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and clearer ways to talk about hard feelings and conflicts.
Her clinical work draws on Attachment-Based approaches to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try doable alternatives. She also uses Client-Centered and Solution-Focused ideas to keep sessions grounded and goal-oriented.
People come with many different concerns, from grief and trauma to career stress and intimacy issues. Lara also addresses specific areas such as adoption and foster care, family of origin problems, body image, codependency, and compassion fatigue. She tailors the pace to each person and the problem at hand.
If someone is unsure about starting, she encourages a single first session to see how the fit feels. Booking begins by using the continue button on this profile and completing a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling then follows according to therapist availability.
Lara approaches work by centering each person’s story. She believes clients are the experts in their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps and clearer ways to talk about hard feelings and conflicts.
Her clinical work draws on Attachment-Based approaches to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try doable alternatives. She also uses Client-Centered and Solution-Focused ideas to keep sessions grounded and goal-oriented.
People come with many different concerns, from grief and trauma to career stress and intimacy issues. Lara also addresses specific areas such as adoption and foster care, family of origin problems, body image, codependency, and compassion fatigue. She tailors the pace to each person and the problem at hand.
If someone is unsure about starting, she encourages a single first session to see how the fit feels. Booking begins by using the continue button on this profile and completing a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling then follows according to therapist availability.