- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Anger management
About Lara
Lara Fallon is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. She brings 25 years of practice to conversations about parenting, relationships, addictions, and life transitions. Her tone is direct and practical, aimed at parents who need clear, usable tools.
She uses straightforward methods that focus on what works now. Sessions often include problem-solving, skills practice, and checking what changes feel most useful for daily life.
Background and approach
The goal is to reduce overwhelm and build steady habits that make parenting and work easier to manage. Lara blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness. That mix helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and calm intense emotions.
Dialectical behavior ideas are used when strong emotions make it hard to think or act differently. She also draws on solution-focused strategies to set small goals and track progress. For parents, this can mean quick, practical shifts in routines, communication, or handling power struggles.
The emphasis is on what the parent can try between sessions. Over her career Lara has supported people through caregiving stress, chronic illness, blended family issues, divorce, and career changes. She explains steps plainly and helps people test what works.
Sessions are meant to feel collaborative and realistic, not overwhelming or academic.
What Lara works with
Everything Lara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lara helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Lara's approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's goals and values. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client's lead, reflect concerns, and help set priorities in a conversational way.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, identifies unhelpful thoughts and tests new behaviors. In remote sessions this often means setting short experiments to try between meetings, tracking results, and adjusting plans in the next call or message.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Those skills can be reviewed in video visits, practiced in short phone check-ins, or reinforced through messages and worksheets sent between appointments.
Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist works with each person to match approaches to current needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts methods as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan stays useful.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging adds flexibility. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone calls can fit into a break at work and need less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging work for brief check-ins, reminders, or quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum while juggling parenting and daily life.
Questions people ask about Lara
What concerns does Lara commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, low self-esteem, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, career shifts, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and client-centered, combining active listening with measurable skills practice and brief goal-setting to create real changes people can use at home.
How much experience does she have?
Lara has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life concerns.
What credentials and location information are listed?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Missouri.
Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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