- Client-centered care
- Skills for daily life
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Lara
Lara Fallon is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience helping people through hard moments. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and low self-esteem. Lara aims to make therapy practical and straightforward so people can use what they learn right away.
She uses approaches that center the client and build on strengths. Sessions often include ways to notice unhelpful thoughts, practice coping skills, and try small behavior changes. Mindfulness and problem-focused strategies are used to help people manage strong feelings and move toward goals.
Lara has worked with people facing relationship and communication problems, parenting strain, career stress, and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and concerns related to aging. Coping with natural or human-caused disaster is one of the areas she lists as a focus.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Lara listens first, and then she offers practical steps clients can try between sessions. She helps people build resilience and find clearer direction during uncertainty.
Clients who prefer straightforward tools will find sessions that combine talk with concrete skills practice. Lara encourages gradual change and works together with clients to set realistic next steps.
How Lara's Approaches Translate to Online Care
Lara commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person's pace and priorities, creating space to talk through what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and it gives step-by-step tools to change patterns that cause distress.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when strong emotions are present. DBT skills teach concrete techniques for managing intense feelings, improving moment-to-moment coping, and accepting hard realities while working toward change. These methods suit concerns like anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Lara will help clients decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She works collaboratively, adapting strategies as progress and needs evolve.
The practical benefits of online therapy can include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy week. Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it simpler to maintain continuity during life changes and to practice skills between meetings without adding long travel time.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns can Lara help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, low self-esteem, addictions, and relationship or family issues. Additional focuses include chronic illness, caregiver stress, blended family issues, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centered and practical. Sessions mix listening with skill-building from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused ideas.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults through life transitions, communication problems, and long-term stressors.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds an LCSW and practices in Missouri.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients taken?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What should I expect about cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.