About Roian
Roian Baalman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who focuses on practical strategies for stress and anxiety. She draws on six years of professional experience to help people manage overwhelming feelings and get unstuck. Roian uses clear, down-to-earth language.
She helps people name what feels hard and then builds steps to change it. Sessions often focus on small, doable skills rather than long lectures. The aim is steady progress that fits into everyday life.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in behavioral health and substance use agencies, and experience supporting people with addiction and trauma. She also spent ten years in human services supporting people with intellectual and physical disabilities. That mix of settings shaped how she approaches complex problems and health concerns.
Roian draws from several approaches - including cognitive behavioral strategies, acceptance-based work, attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, and emotion regulation skills. She and each person set clear goals together and adjust methods based on what is helping. The therapist emphasizes collaboration and practical tools.
Roian works from Missouri and holds LPC credentials. Sessions are offered using a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. She supports people coping with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, addictions, ADHD, and a wide range of related issues.
Her style is direct but compassionate. She encourages people to be honest about what they need and to try small steps toward change. Roian asks clients to bring questions and she will help shape a plan that feels manageable.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action even when difficult feelings are present. It helps people who struggle with worry, avoidance, or getting stuck by teaching acceptance skills and committed steps toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress when people want structured tools to manage symptoms.Roian views finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods, and adjust what she uses based on progress and preference. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or medical routines and to practice skills in real time.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Texas
- Languages
- English
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