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Karley Reece

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Karley Reece, LPC

Missouri

Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Relationships

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Texas / 75506; LPC, Missouri / 2023037885
  • NPI1174006811
  • Experience9 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMissouri

About

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Anger concerns
  • CBT and EFT methods

About Karley

Karley Reece is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with nine years of clinical experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, anger, depression, and addictions. She also addresses issues like parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, and work or career stress.

Karley approaches sessions in a direct, practical way. She helps people talk through difficult feelings and identify patterns that keep problems repeating. Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings, such as breathing and thinking strategies, and on clearer communication with others.

Her work draws on established methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy. That mix lets her shift between exploring emotional experience and teaching concrete coping steps. She aims to help people reduce reactive behavior and make steadier choices in tense moments.

Karley pays attention to how past relationships shape present reactions, including abandonment and attachment concerns. She also supports people managing chronic illness, caregiving stress, and recovery from trauma or separation. Practical problem solving is part of sessions when needed.

People who contact Karley often want straightforward tools and a plan for change. She encourages honest conversation about what feels hard and what small steps might feel possible next. To start, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Karley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and teaching straightforward skills to change reactions and behavior, which can help with anger, anxiety, and low mood. EFT centers on emotions in close relationships and helps people recognize and express feelings to improve connection and reduce escalations.

She treats approach selection as a collaborative process. During the first sessions she will listen to the main concerns, discuss possible methods, and suggest a path that fits the client’s goals and preferences. Clients and therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills practice, emotional processing, or brief solution-focused steps.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Doing therapy remotely can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Online work still centers on clear goals, skill-building between sessions, and practical steps to reduce reactive behavior and improve communication.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefAnger managementDepression

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Solution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

9+ years

Listed in

Texas, Missouri

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, anger, depression, addictions, and related concerns such as parenting strain, sleep and eating problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach mixes emotional exploration with practical skills. Sessions include talk, coping strategies, and steps to try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has nine years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, attachment difficulties, and coping with life changes.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and Missouri and practices out of Missouri.

What language are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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