About Jean
Jean Beatie is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 35 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. Jean also supports concerns around relationships, intimacy, parenting, career shifts, and bipolar symptoms.
Her approach is straightforward and warm. She listens first and builds goals with each person. Sessions aim for clear, manageable steps rather than quick fixes.
Jean emphasizes collaboration and steady progress over time.
How Jean works
Jean's background spans inpatient psychiatric care, shelter work with survivors of physical abuse, children’s therapy, outpatient counseling, and current work as an elementary school counselor. That variety gives her experience with grief work, family conflict, life transitions, complex trauma, and codependency. She uses client-centered methods that respect a person’s cultural identity and lifestyle.
Mindfulness practices are used to help with anxiety and mood regulation. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change, while solution-focused techniques direct sessions toward practical steps. Jean explains things in plain language and focuses on small, achievable shifts.
She works to create a treatment plan that fits each person’s life and values. Sessions may span deeper trauma work or shorter, goal-focused meetings depending on what is needed.
Jean lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Jean works with
The areas below are the ones Jean selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
Training and background
| Registers | LPC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Jean’s approaches work online
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience at the center. The therapist listens without judgment and follows the client’s priorities to build goals that matter. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns by focusing on what the client says matters most.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve mood regulation. Those tools are useful for panic, ongoing anxiety, and coping with trauma symptoms and difficult emotions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Jean will work with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort. She adapts sessions over time, mixing longer trauma work with shorter solution-focused meetings when that better fits a person’s schedule or goals.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or tracking progress between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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