Colleen Larson

Colleen Larson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Missouri with three years of professional experience. She works with adults facing trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting concerns, depression, and major life changes. She also addresses related areas such as adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, postpartum depression, and questions about life purpose.

Colleen uses a strengths-based, humanistic approach in sessions. That means she focuses on a person’s existing resources and encourages practical skill building. Conversations tend to center on what is working now and what small steps could reduce overwhelm or improve daily functioning.

In session she guides clients through practical coping strategies and reflective conversation. She helps people notice patterns, practice new ways of responding, and test out different behaviors between sessions. The style is collaborative; clients set goals and work at a comfortable pace.

Colleen often helps people who feel stuck after a big change. She supports parents managing the stress of caregiving and those grieving a loss. She also works with young adults facing transitions and people navigating identity questions connected to adoption or neurodiversity.

She encourages simple, manageable tools for day-to-day life. Examples might include short behavioral experiments, clearer communication strategies, or ways to reduce the intensity of distressing memories. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Colleen describes her work as strengths-based and humanistic, focusing on clients' resources and practical skill building. In plain terms, that approach helps people identify what already helps them and practice small changes that fit daily life. It is helpful for handling grief, depression, and parenting stress.

She also relies on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize coping skills and behavioral experiments. That means sessions may include short exercises to test new responses, planning modest experiments between meetings, and focused practice on communication or emotion regulation. These methods are useful for reducing overwhelm after trauma and for adjusting to life changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which techniques match their goals and preferences. That can mean adjusting pace, trying different exercises, or blending strategies as needs evolve.

Session formats are not specified in the biographical information, so prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make fitting therapy into a busy week easier by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. They can also allow people to try working with a licensed professional from their usual environment while testing what methods feel most useful.