About Ian
Ian Guthrie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with seven years of formal counseling experience. He has a long history working in addiction and mental health and helps people who are feeling stuck by offering clear, focused support. He commonly sees concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, and relationship struggles.
Ian uses a practical mix of approaches so sessions match each person’s needs. He often relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing is used to strengthen a person’s own reasons for change and build momentum. Sessions aim to set realistic goals and create step-by-step plans. Ian draws on solution-focused and existential ideas to help people clarify values, find meaning, and move forward after loss or big life changes.
He also brings experience addressing addiction, grief, parenting questions, career stress, and trauma-related concerns. Conversations are straightforward and collaborative. Ian listens for what matters most, then works with the person to try small experiments and practical strategies between sessions.
He adapts pace and focus if things aren’t working. People who reach out can expect a therapist who balances structure with empathy. Ian’s background includes long-term work in addiction and mental health settings, which informs how he supports motivation, coping skills, and recovery-oriented planning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and invites people to lead the pace so goals come from their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and uses concrete exercises to reduce anxiety and improve mood. It works well for stress, panic, low mood, and unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments are made over time so the approach stays useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text work well for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, and keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or travel schedules while keeping continuity of care.
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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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