About Ian
Ian Guthrie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. He brings seven years of licensed counseling experience and many more years working in addiction and mental health. Ian aims to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and difficulty with motivation.
His approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered listening. He also draws on motivational interviewing, solution-focused ideas, existential reflection, and mindfulness tools. In sessions he helps clients identify patterns, set practical goals, and try small changes that add up.
Background and approach
Ian often works with people dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, trauma, and career concerns. He also supports those navigating ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, substance use issues, and compassion fatigue. He emphasizes clear steps and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Sessions focus on practical skills alongside personal meaning. Expect direct conversation about what is working and what can change, and collaborative planning for next steps. Ian helps people build coping skills for anger, communication problems, and boundary issues.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. International clients can be seen in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire connects a person to scheduling options and next steps.
Therapeutic approaches that adapt well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the client's perspective. It helps people feel heard and guides conversations toward the goals that matter most to them.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It gives concrete tools for managing anxiety, mood, and attention challenges and is well suited to structured online sessions.
Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings and find motivation for change. It is useful when someone is facing substance use, low motivation, or readiness challenges.
Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work. Ian will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work through material face to face. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching between sessions, and support for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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