About Trudi
Trudi Carlson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 17 years of experience. She brings a warm and interactive style to sessions and aims to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She uses a mix of client-centered, cognitive behavioral, mindfulness, dialectical behavior, and solution-focused approaches.
That mix guides practical conversations about day-to-day coping, habits, and small changes that add up. The focus is on clear goals and skills people can use between sessions.
How Trudi works
Trudi has worked with people managing ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, bipolar concerns, and major life changes. She also helps with communication problems, codependency, caregiver stress, blended family adjustments, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Her experience includes supporting those dealing with intellectual disability, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and veteran issues.
Sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Trudi aims for respectful, empathetic work that centers the person’s needs and goals.
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What Trudi works with
The areas below are the ones Trudi selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| 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
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy treats the person as the expert in their own life and focuses on empathic listening and building a trusting relationship; this approach helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change patterns; it works well for anxiety, depression, and impulsivity. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) combines acceptance with change and teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills for high-intensity emotions and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will talk about symptoms, goals, and preferences and choose methods that fit the person’s needs. Sessions can blend approaches and adjust over time as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy with this practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversational feel and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, written reflections, or shorter exchanges between longer sessions, making therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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