About Gage
Gage Herrington is a licensed professional counselor in Missouri with ten years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people cope with trauma, abuse, anger, and thoughts or behaviors of self-harm. He also works with mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and other serious mental illnesses.
Gage emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in his work. He adapts sessions to fit each person's needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan. Conversations are practical and direct, aimed at reducing immediate distress and building daily coping skills.
Background and approach
He helps people identify patterns that cause pain and then develops steps to change them. Gage supports parents facing difficult transitions and people dealing with grief, eating concerns, or big life changes. He also addresses communication problems, divorce and separation, and issues tied to identity and cultural stress.
Men who want a straightforward approach often find his style useful. Over time he helps clients set realistic goals and track progress. Coaching-style guidance appears alongside therapeutic work when people need concrete strategies for handling situations.
He encourages small, steady steps toward clearer thinking and calmer reactions. Sessions are delivered in multiple online formats so people can choose what fits their routine. Gage asks questions, listens closely, and crafts plans that match each person's goals and daily life.
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Two evidence-based techniques often used in work like this are skills-based coping strategies and problem-focused coaching. Skills-based coping teaches practical steps to reduce intense emotions and manage anger or self-harm urges. Problem-focused coaching breaks down life difficulties into clear actions, which helps with parenting stress, grief, and life transitions.Another common element is stabilization work for people with severe mood or psychotic spectrum disorders. Stabilization focuses on making day-to-day routines steadier, identifying early warning signs, and building simple plans to reduce crisis moments. These approaches aim to keep things manageable while longer-term goals are addressed.
Choosing the right mix of methods is a team effort. The therapist will review your concerns, goals, and what feels comfortable for you, then tailor the plan together. That way the approach fits your needs and changes if something isn’t working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for quick updates, short coaching moments, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English