Therapist profile
Brenda Lauer, LPC
Missouri
Licensed Professional Counselor - anger and trauma focus
Continue with BrendaKey details
- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Missouri / 2003002001
- NPI1114077864
- Experience15 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationMissouri
About
- CBT and ACT approaches
- Client-centered work
- Emotion-focused techniques
About Brenda
Brenda Lauer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 15 years of clinical experience. She has provided therapy in private practice and has worked with people from varied backgrounds, including military and first responders. Her main areas of focus include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression.
Brenda describes a conversational counseling style. She listens to how people see their situation and then helps them widen that perspective. Sessions focus on practical steps clients can try between meetings as well as talking through what keeps patterns going.
She uses a mix of methods rather than one fixed program. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) appear in her approach, alongside client-centered and emotionally-focused ideas. That means sessions may include looking at thoughts and behaviors, clarifying values, and improving emotional connection to what matters.
Brenda has also worked with people who have PTSD, ADHD, chronic medical conditions, and other co-occurring concerns. She lists adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric matters, attachment questions, autism and Asperger Syndrome, kink and alternative sex culture, and caregiver stress among topics she addresses.
She offers services in English and accepts international clients. Practical details like scheduling, session length, and exact formats should be confirmed before booking. To begin, the site matching tool is used to schedule a first appointment.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions
Brenda draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence to change behavior and mood. ACT encourages noticing thoughts and feelings while choosing actions aligned with personal values rather than getting stuck in emotion.She also uses client-centered and emotionally-focused ideas, which emphasize listening to a person's experience and helping them connect with important feelings. Together these approaches help with anger, anxiety, trauma reactions, and relationship stress by combining practical skill work with attention to what matters most to the client.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Brenda will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and adjust methods as needed. That conversation helps decide whether to emphasize CBT exercises, ACT values work, or emotionally-focused conversations.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats. Please confirm the available formats and scheduling details before booking. Online work can make therapy more convenient by fitting sessions into busy days, enabling shorter check-ins when needed, and removing travel time so appointments can happen from wherever a person is during the week.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What types of concerns does Brenda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and depression. She also lists additional focus areas like caregiver stress, chronic illness, attachment issues, and adoption and foster care.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and client-centered; she listens to how clients describe their situation and then suggests practical steps and perspective shifts. Sessions can include exercises for between meetings.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 15 years of experience working in private practice and has seen clients from varied backgrounds, including military and first responders. She has worked with diagnoses such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, and ADHD.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Missouri. The LPC credential is shown as MO LPC.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She accepts international clients.
What session formats are used for therapy?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options and technical details before booking a first appointment.
How does billing or cost work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing details should be checked during scheduling.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule the first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.