Lara Ashbaugh , LPC

Lara Ashbaugh is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with 10 years of clinical experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. As an LPC she draws on training and practical experience to support clients through a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, addictions, ADHD, bipolar disorder, relationship and parenting challenges, and issues related to gender and sexual identity.

Lara works with individuals facing both everyday struggles and complex emotional challenges. Her practice also focuses on areas such as compassion fatigue, career and coaching concerns, body image and self-esteem, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and difficulties around communication, commitment, and control. She provides care in English and brings attention to the specific needs of people dealing with fertility or aging matters, as well as those exploring BDSM, kink, and alternative sexual cultures.

Her therapeutic approach is collaborative and strengths-based, blending client-centered methods with evidence-informed modalities like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Lara aims to tailor treatment to each person’s circumstances and priorities, helping clients build practical coping skills, improve relationships, and move toward goals at a manageable pace.

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