- Strengths focused
- Practical steps
- Relational focus
About Lara
Lara Kelso is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with seven years of clinical experience. She practices in Missouri and focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, grief, and major life changes. Lara speaks plainly and values an honest, steady approach when someone first reaches out for help.
Lara believes each person knows their own story and strengths. She encourages clients to build on those strengths while they work through hard moments. Sessions aim to be practical and focused on small, useful steps rather than long explanations.
Her work often centers on repairing attachment patterns, clarifying communication, and managing distressing thoughts and feelings. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people test thoughts that fuel anxiety or low mood. Narrative ideas are used to help clients separate themselves from painful stories and see new possibilities.
Lara also supports people dealing with family of origin problems, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care matters, abandonment issues, and intimacy-related concerns. She addresses career stress, compassion fatigue, body image, and self-esteem with direct, goal-oriented conversations.
Clients who meet with Lara can expect a respectful, collaborative tone. She helps set small goals, checks progress, and adjusts plans as needed. If you are ready to begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to match with her and schedule a session.
How her approaches fit into online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape expectations today and helps people notice patterns that affect trust and closeness. It can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment wounds, and family of origin concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, gives practical tools to identify and test unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that maintain anxiety or low mood. It is often used for stress, anxiety, and depression.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Lara will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and help decide which methods to try. The plan can change over time based on what helps most and what feels right to you.
Confirm the specific online session options before booking so you know how you will meet. Online work can make scheduling easier and help fit therapy into a busy routine. It can also allow for shorter check-ins when needed or sessions that don’t require travel, which helps people stay consistent while managing work, parenting, or caregiving demands.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Lara address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting, grief, trauma and related problems like codependency and communication difficulties.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a practical, collaborative style that emphasizes clients' strengths and small, actionable steps to manage problems.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an LPC practicing in Missouri with the credential shown as LPC.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats she is offering at the time you schedule.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.