About Tom
Tom Lewis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy concerns. He meets clients with a relaxed, down-to-earth manner and focuses on listening first to understand who they are and what they want to change. In sessions he pays attention to each person’s strengths as well as their struggles.
He helps people notice patterns that cause pain and then tries practical ways to shift those patterns.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and goal-oriented, with room to talk through feelings and past experiences that still matter. Tom blends several approaches to fit the person in front of him. He draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values, cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and emotion-focused methods to repair attachment and closeness.
He adapts tools to issues like career stress, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, and attention concerns. Clients often work on improving communication, setting clearer boundaries, and rebuilding self-esteem. Tom also supports people facing family-of-origin wounds, infidelity, caregiver strain, or the overwhelm that comes with big life changes.
Therapy can include practical homework and short-term coaching when that matches the goals. He practices in Missouri and conducts work in English. Tom aims to make therapy understandable and usable, helping people move from feeling stuck to acting in ways that match their aims.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions in line with those values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions when someone wants clearer direction rather than just relief from symptoms. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and problem patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and situations where practical coping skills are needed. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on emotional experience and connection, helping people understand and shift how they respond to strong feelings. It is commonly used for intimacy and relationship issues to improve bonding and communication. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tom will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, values, and preferences. That may mean mixing tools across approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made. Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let the therapist and client read facial cues and body language. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for ongoing support between sessions or for people who prefer writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work even when schedules change.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English