- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Ian
Ian Guthrie is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. He brings seven years of formal counseling experience and over fifteen years working with addiction and mental health concerns. Ian speaks English and offers help through online formats that fit a busy life.
Ian uses a practical, down-to-earth approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and parenting challenges. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to find unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and then builds small, manageable changes.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure how to begin making changes. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple strategies. Ian often blends solution-focused techniques to create short-term plans that can be tested between meetings.
Existential ideas are used when clients want to talk about meaning, purpose, or major life transitions. Ian has worked with people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, compulsive behaviors, and caregiver stress. He also supports concerns related to parenting, fatherhood issues, ADHD, and relationship or communication problems.
His background includes long-term involvement in addiction and mental health settings. In sessions, Ian tends to be collaborative and direct. He helps people set realistic steps, track progress, and adjust plans when needed.
The work is practical and goal-oriented, with room to address deeper personal questions when they arise.
What Ian works with
Everything Ian lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ian helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ian lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven online care that fits your life
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s perspective and building a supportive relationship to guide change. It helps when someone needs a nonjudgmental space to talk through parenting stress, grief, or identity questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical tools to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, parenting-related stress, and managing addictive patterns.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build momentum when motivation is low. It pairs well with CBT to move from insight to action, especially around substance use, habit change, or feeling stuck.
Ian treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. He will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before to choose techniques that fit. Together the client and therapist try methods, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when shorter, more frequent contact helps keep momentum.
Questions people ask about Ian
What kinds of concerns does Ian work with?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as anger, career strain, and self-esteem.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Ian uses a practical blend of approaches centered on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with influences from Motivational Interviewing, solution-focused methods, and existential ideas to match each person’s needs.
How much experience does he have?
He holds seven years of counseling experience and brings over fifteen years of experience working in addiction and mental health settings.
Where is he licensed and practicing?
Ian is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in the state of Missouri and offers services while located there.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients for online work.
What session formats are offered?
He meets online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what works best for the client.
How does pricing and payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
More therapists for parents in Missouri
All in Missouri
Cynthia (Cindi) Stewart
LPC, LPCC
Missouri 25 years in practice
Compassionate counselor for life transitions
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar
Jeanine Taylor
LCSW
Missouri 25 years in practice
Calm, practical support for everyday challenges
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Family
Casey French
LPC
Missouri 10 years in practice
Support for stress and parenting challenges
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief