About Guerlene
Guerlene Warden is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on practical, people-centered care. She combines a warm, humanistic style with concrete tools to help clients manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. Her approach is conversational and interactive, and she works with honesty and respect to help people take the first steps toward change.
With nine years in the mental health field and clinical experience as a therapist, she has helped people facing a wide range of issues.
How Guerlene works
These include parenting challenges, ADHD, addictions, eating concerns, intimacy-related worries, bipolar mood challenges, and career stress. She also supports people coping with trauma, abuse, isolation, guilt, shame, and low self-worth. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with structured methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused work, existential reflection, and relationship-focused tools drawn from the Gottman Method.
That mix allows conversations to be both compassionate and action-oriented. Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where feelings are named and next steps are practical. She can work through communication problems, forgiveness, building self-love, and managing anger in ways that fit everyday life.
People seeking help will find options for talking things over, practicing new skills, and planning realistic changes. Guerlene practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. She accepts international clients and offers flexible online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Guerlene lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Guerlene works with
The areas below are the ones Guerlene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Approach-driven Online Therapy that Fits Your Life
Guerlene uses client-centered listening to create a calm starting point where people feel heard. This approach focuses on understanding your experience and following your priorities so sessions reflect what matters to you. It is helpful for anyone who needs a steady, respectful space to talk things through.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers clear tools to change unhelpful thinking and build practical habits for anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is another influence when relationship or attachment issues are central; it helps people name feelings and shift recurring patterns in close connections.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with you about your goals and try methods that match your needs and preferences. Together you can adjust methods as work progresses so therapy stays useful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a break at work or use less bandwidth, live chat and text are helpful for brief check-ins and ongoing support. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and keep momentum between meetings.
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