Tom Lewis, LPC

Missouri · 30 years in practice

Tom Lewis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three decades of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPC, Missouri: 002023 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1023243201 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 30
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Tom

Tom Lewis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with three decades of clinical experience. He takes a straightforward, conversational approach that helps people name what feels wrong and figure out practical next steps. Sessions tend to be warm, grounded, and focused on real-life change rather than jargon.

Tom emphasizes Existential ideas about meaning and choice alongside practical strategies. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career stress.

Background and approach

He also supports those dealing with addiction, grief, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue. Work often starts with mapping current struggles and identifying strengths. Tom mixes client-centered listening with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy when useful.

Emotion-focused methods are used to address painful emotions tied to relationships and attachment. Clients describe topics that come up as varied - parenting, fatherhood, family of origin issues, codependency, commitment troubles, and communication problems. Tom also helps with control issues, avoidant or dependent personality concerns, and recovery from infidelity or divorce and separation.

He places attention on practical coping tools for stress, anger, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and life transitions. Coaching-style conversations are available for career questions and goal setting. The aim is clearer choices and more usable skills to move forward.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Tom lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Addictions
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Avoidant personality
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Personality disorders
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Tom names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Tom blends Existential Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in ways that translate well to online work. Existential Therapy focuses on meaning, choice, and facing life’s big questions to help people make values-driven decisions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting sidelined by them, which helps with anxiety, depression, and life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding so clients feel seen and can explore their concerns at their own pace.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tom will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor sessions to match. That may mean trying ACT skills one week, focusing on relationship feelings another week, and using exploratory existential questions as needed.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and chat or messaging suits brief updates, coaching-style notes, or flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on meaningful, practical work.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does he help with?

He works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy problems, addictions, grief, trauma and parenting challenges.

What is his therapeutic style like?

Tom combines a warm, conversational client-centered stance with practical strategies from CBT and ACT, and uses emotion-focused work when relationships or deep feelings are central.

How much experience does he bring?

He has thirty years of experience as a counselor, bringing long-term practice with many common and complex life issues.

Where is he licensed and based?

He holds an LPC credential and is licensed in Missouri.

What languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with him?

International clients are not currently accepted; he works with people located where his Missouri credential applies.

How are sessions delivered and what formats are available?

He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and scheduling work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.

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