Trudi Carlson , LPC

Trudi Carlson is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 17 years of experience. She uses a warm, interactive style and aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through what feels hard. Her approach is informal and down-to-earth, so conversations tend to feel like practical problem solving rather than lectures.

She blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness. That means she listens first, then helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try small, doable changes. She also uses solution-focused ideas to set concrete, short-term goals that make daily life easier.

Trudi has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and the ups and downs of relationships. She also helps with parenting strain, blended family challenges, divorce and co-parenting, and career-related stress. Additional focus areas include ADHD, addictions, self-esteem, and life purpose concerns.

Clients who need help with caregiver stress, communication problems, codependency, or impulsivity can expect straightforward tools and gentle coaching. Trudi works with people navigating bipolar disorder, intellectual disability concerns, and issues related to veterans and armed forces when those topics come up in counseling.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect a person with the right therapist and schedule.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Trudi commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening carefully and following the person’s lead, which helps build trust and clarify goals even over video or chat. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches simple exercises to change patterns that cause stress or anxiety.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when people struggle with intense emotions or impulsivity. DBT-style skills teach practical breathing, emotion-regulation, and interpersonal techniques that can be practiced between sessions and reviewed in video or text check-ins. Determining which approach fits best is part of the early conversations; she will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and daily life demands.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow therapy to fit into busy schedules. Video is useful for deeper conversations and real-time feedback, phone sessions can be a quick check-in or lower-bandwidth option, live chat works well for shorter focused exchanges, and text messaging supports brief progress notes or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice new skills between sessions.