About Bonnie
Bonnie Define is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, intimacy problems, depression, anxiety, and life transitions. She brings 24 years of experience to sessions and focuses on practical ways to reduce stress and improve connection. Bonnie writes in plain language and aims to make therapy understandable and manageable for busy people.
Bonnie draws on a mix of client-centered care and structured techniques. She listens first, then works with clients to set clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skill-building for communication, coping strategies for intense emotions, and short exercises people can use between meetings. Her background spans inpatient and outpatient hospital work, nonprofit agencies, and independent practice. That range shaped her approach to crisis situations, long-term struggles, and everyday problems alike.
The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. Clients can expect a calm, thoughtful presence in sessions. Bonnie helps people sort through experiences to gain perspective and begin healing.
She also offers coaching-style guidance for career questions and compassion fatigue. Bonnie holds a Master’s degree in Counseling from Florida Gulf Coast University and practices in Missouri as an LPC. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and are offered via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Bonnie uses client-centered therapy to prioritize each person's perspective. That means she listens closely and helps people decide what matters most to them, then shapes sessions around those priorities. This approach is helpful for relationship concerns, grief, and gaining clearer self-understanding.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. CBT offers concrete strategies to reduce anxiety and depression by changing unhelpful thinking and building new coping habits. Many people find CBT useful for stress management, mood shifts, and problem-solving.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Bonnie will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, then recommend which methods to try first. Plans are adjusted together as progress is seen or priorities change.
Online therapy lets people fit sessions into busy schedules. Video calls work well for focused conversations and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging offer flexible, ongoing support between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Florida, Arizona
- Languages
- English