Colleen Larson, LCSW

Licensed in Missouri · 3 years in practice

Colleen Larson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three years of practice in Missouri.

License and registration

LCSW, Missouri: 2022015053 · expires September 2027
LCSW, Oklahoma: 21234 · expires December 2026
NPI: 1962123521 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

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About Colleen

Colleen Larson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with three years of practice in Missouri. She focuses on helping people handle trauma, grief, parenting challenges, depression, and big life changes. Her style is warm and practical and aimed at steady, manageable progress.

She uses a strengths-based, humanistic way of working. That means she starts by finding what already helps a person and builds from there. Sessions focus on skill-building, problem-solving, and recognizing strengths that can make daily life easier.

Background and approach

Colleen often helps people work through issues tied to adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, family problems, and feelings of guilt or shame. She also supports those dealing with postpartum depression, questions about life purpose, self-love, and young adult transitions. Conversations are aimed at clear goals and manageable steps forward.

Her practice mixes practical strategies with respectful listening. People can expect to talk about recent problems and past events that still cause distress. The goal is to learn tools that reduce distress and increase confidence in handling future challenges.

Colleen frames therapy as a collaborative process. She invites people to set priorities, try new coping skills, and check progress together. This helps keep work realistic and tied to everyday life.

Focus areas and approaches

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Online support

Approaches that guide online work

Colleen uses evidence-based, strengths-focused techniques that center on what already helps a person. A strengths-based approach looks for personal resources and past successes, then builds new skills from those foundations. It is useful for depression, low confidence, and life transitions where people want practical ways to move forward.

Her humanistic approach prioritizes listening and understanding a person’s experience. Therapy sessions focus on respectful conversation, helping people clarify their goals and values. This approach helps when people need space to make sense of grief, parenting stress, or feelings of guilt and shame.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision making helps refine what is tried in sessions and keeps the work focused on meaningful change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls provide face-to-face time for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be good when video is not possible or bandwidth is low. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, daily coping help, and people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist address?

She helps people with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting challenges, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, and postpartum depression.

What is the therapy style like?

Her approach is strengths-based and humanistic, focusing on building skills and using a person’s existing strengths. Sessions aim for practical steps people can use between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years of professional experience working as a clinician in Missouri.

What credentials and location apply?

Colleen holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and practices in Missouri as an LCSW.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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