About Brandon
Brandon Thoma is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people improve their overall wellbeing and sense of life fulfillment. He centers the person in the room and aims to offer steady support while people work through difficult feelings. Brandon encourages a growth and excellence mindset and helps clients learn practical skills to face daily challenges with more confidence.
He uses a client-centered style that honors each person's experience.
How Brandon works
He often combines that with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding. Jungian ideas and motivational interviewing also appear in his work when they fit a client's goals. Brandon has eight years of experience in mental health and holds an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, credential.
He has worked with concerns such as depression, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, and stress. He also helps people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, career questions, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. People who connect well with Brandon tend to want a collaborative, practical approach.
Sessions focus on clear goals, skill development, and small steps toward change. He aims to challenge unhelpful patterns while teaching tools that can be used between sessions. Brandon practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English.
He can work by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging depending on what fits each person's needs and schedule.
Brandon lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Brandon works with
The areas below are the ones Brandon selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Brandon often uses client-centered therapy to make the session focus on the person's concerns and strengths. This approach emphasizes listening, validation, and building the conversation around what matters most to the client. It can help when someone needs steady support and a therapist who follows their lead.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and skill-based, often involving exercises to shift patterns of thinking and to try new behaviors between sessions. Mindfulness techniques are used alongside CBT to help people notice their thoughts and physical reactions with less judgment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brandon will collaboratively explore which methods fit a person's goals, preferences, and daily life. He checks in and adjusts the focus over time so the plan matches changing needs.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and deeper dialogue. Phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Chat and text messaging work well for shorter updates, ongoing check-ins, or when written reflection helps progress.
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