About Tim
Tim Gravier is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. He offers a straightforward, practical approach to help clients move past feeling stuck and find clearer direction. Tim draws on nearly two decades of clinical experience to guide conversations and set achievable goals.
He focuses on what a person wants to change and works together to build workable steps.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-oriented, with attention to immediate concerns like panic, self-esteem, or a career crossroads. Tim also provides coaching-style support for people seeking direction in work or life purpose. Before independent practice, he spent many years in public service, beginning as a counselor with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Over time he moved into leadership roles, including statewide director of quality assurance, where he supported master-level counselors and large client programs. That background shaped his interest in practical problem solving and measurable progress. Tim uses a mix of client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies.
He favors techniques that people can use between sessions, such as thought reframing, brief behavioral experiments, and simple mindfulness practices. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Tim aims to work at a pace that matches each person's goals and schedule, helping people find steps that fit real life.
How Tim uses practical approaches in online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding your experience and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space. The therapist listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps you set the agenda so sessions match your needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches straightforward skills to test unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that make a difference.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Tim works with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. He combines approaches when useful and adjusts plans as progress or life circumstances change, aiming for an approach that feels practical and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people connect in ways that fit their day. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone is often easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to weave sessions into work, caregiving, or busy schedules and to try different formats until the best fit is found.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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