Lindsay Powelson

I work with adults who may be functioning well on the outside while privately feeling anxious, overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, stuck in painful patterns, or affected by experiences from the past that still show up in the present.

My areas of focus include anxiety, trauma and complex trauma, relationship and family-of-origin concerns, self-worth, identity, burnout, life transitions, and LGBTQIA+ concerns. I especially enjoy working with people who have spent years taking care of others, overthinking, people-pleasing, or trying to hold everything together and are ready to understand themselves differently.

I earned my Master of Arts in Professional Counseling from Lindenwood University in 2004 and have worked in mental health for more than 20 years. I am licensed as an LPC in Missouri and an LCPC in Kansas and am a National Certified Counselor. I also hold advanced certifications in trauma, DBT, personality disorders, and sex therapy-informed practice and am a full member of WPATH.

My goal is to provide a space that is affirming, practical, collaborative, and free of judgment while also helping you make meaningful changes outside of the therapy room.

My approach is active, collaborative, and conversational. I do not believe therapy should only be a place where you talk about what is wrong each week. We will work together to understand what is happening, where patterns may have come from, and what can help you respond differently moving forward.

I use an integrative approach that may include CBT, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, attachment-based work, trauma-informed therapy, and parts-oriented approaches. I often help clients learn how thoughts, emotions, nervous-system responses, past experiences, and relationship patterns interact rather than treating each concern as something separate.

I also tend to be practical. We may identify tools, language, boundaries, grounding strategies, or ways of responding that you can use between sessions. Therapy will be individualized to you rather than following a rigid formula.

Our first session is primarily about getting to know you and understanding what has been bringing you to therapy. We will talk about what has been happening recently, what you would like to be different, relevant history, relationships, stressors, and anything else that feels important to understanding the bigger picture.

You do not need to come in knowing exactly what to say or having perfectly defined goals. Part of my job is helping us figure that out together.

I will also explain how I work, answer questions, and begin identifying patterns or areas we may want to focus on. My hope is that you leave the first session feeling understood, with a clearer sense of what may be happening and where we can begin.