About Larsen
Larsen Barnds brings two decades of clinical work to his practice in Kansas. He is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist - LCMFT - and a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT. Larsen focuses on helping people navigate relationship strain, trauma, stress, anxiety, and life transitions.
He talks plainly and centers each session on the person's own story and strengths. Larsen believes people already carry important resources for change.
How Larsen works
He helps identify those strengths and applies practical strategies to reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Sessions are collaborative and goal oriented, with simple tasks people can try between meetings. His background includes long experience addressing grief, addictions, eating concerns, and mood disorders such as bipolar.
Larsen also works with issues around gender dysphoria, LGBT matters, first responder stress, and multicultural concerns. He brings steady, experienced support when problems feel overwhelming. Larsen uses a mix of methods to match the issue at hand.
He favors approaches that help people change unhelpful patterns, reconnect with important relationships, and find clearer meaning in life. Those tools guide work on intimacy-related concerns, infidelity, parenting strain, and hospice or end-of-life topics. People who prefer direct conversation, clear steps, and a collaborative plan often find his style helpful.
He offers practical guidance without jargon, and he can explain techniques in everyday language. Sessions are offered in English and are available to international clients as well.
Larsen lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Larsen works with
The areas below are the ones Larsen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Registers | LCMFT, LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying what matters most to someone and then taking small actions that match those values. It helps with anxiety, depression, and situations where avoidance gets in the way of living the life a person wants.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how close relationships affect current feelings and behavior. It is useful for intimacy problems and relationship strain because it helps people understand and change interaction patterns that cause pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Larsen will talk through goals and preferences and recommend methods that fit a person's needs. He adapts tools from different approaches so the plan feels practical and realistic for each person.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and texting are good for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use formats that match comfort and timing.
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