About Tom
Tom Lewis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 30 years of experience. He greets people in a warm, down-to-earth way and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life. He listens first, then works with clients to build on strengths they already have.
Tom blends several approaches to match what someone needs in the moment. He often uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take small actions.
How Tom works
He also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and emotionally-focused ideas to improve closeness and communication. Many people come for help with stress, anxiety, depression, or coping with big life changes. He also helps with relationship and intimacy issues, career questions, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.
Tom pays attention to family of origin issues, codependency, commitment worries, and problems around trust and forgiveness. Sessions are conversational and straightforward. Tom aims to create a space where people can name what feels stuck and try new responses.
He highlights strengths and uses simple exercises between sessions to build momentum. Tom works with individuals who want a practical path forward. He explains options clearly and adjusts methods as progress is made.
His goal is to help people feel more capable, connected, and able to handle lifes demands.
Tom lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Tom works with
The areas below are the ones Tom selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Approach-focused care delivered online
Tom commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take small, workable steps toward those values. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and making changes when people feel stuck. He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce worry and lift mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is another tool he applies to help improve emotional connection and communication in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tom will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, then choose or adapt methods together. He checks in as therapy progresses and adjusts techniques so they fit each persons needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video is helpful for longer conversations and exercises, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping momentum toward goals.
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