Natalie Alepin, LPC, LPCC - Therapist in Missouri

ACT principles
CBT techniques
Client-centered work

About Natalie

Natalie Alepin is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC and LPCC, with 27 years of clinical experience. She practices in Missouri and has worked across crisis, outpatient, and inpatient settings. Natalie sees people for concerns such as depression, anxiety, relationship strain, parenting stress, ADHD, chronic illness, and anger.

Her background includes long-term work with people facing medical illness and chronic pain. She has supported adults across a wide age range and managed care in several settings. Practical problem solving and real-world coping skills are part of her routine work.

Natalie draws on several therapeutic approaches when she meets someone. She uses cognitive-behavioral ideas to look at thought patterns and actions. She also brings client-centered conversation and acceptance-based work to help clarify values and choices.

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals and usable tools. Natalie talks through skills for managing strong emotions, improving sleep, handling grief, and reducing workplace stress. She also addresses substance use, codependency, and commitment or communication problems.

Her style is interactive and straightforward. Clients can expect conversational sessions that combine practical skill building with reflection about meaning and life direction. She offers services in English and French and does not take international clients.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values. It helps when anger feels tied to frustration about life direction or unmet expectations. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that fuel anger and anxiety. Client-Centered Therapy centers on open, nonjudgmental conversation to help people feel heard and to discover their own solutions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the first weeks of work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, lifestyle, and how they respond in sessions. That collaborative process helps decide when to use values-based work, skills practice, or reflective conversation.

Confirm the session formats offered before you book since this profile does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They can also let someone continue working with a therapist from different locations within the same country. Licensed professionals aim to adapt exercises and homework so they work well over distance and in everyday life.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety Grief Self esteem Depression ADHD

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stress Chronic pain, illness, and disability CodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problems Control issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issues First responder issues Forgiveness Guilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesInfidelity Isolation / loneliness JealousyLife purposeMidlife crisis Veteran and Armed Forces Issues Money and financial issuesMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

27+ years

Listed in

Ohio, Missouri, Arizona, California

Languages

English, French

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with related to anger?

She works with problems like losing temper with close people, workplace frustration, built-up resentment, and related stress or relationship strain.

What is her therapeutic approach and style?

Her style is interactive and conversational. She uses cognitive-behavioral, acceptance-based, and client-centered approaches to develop practical skills and clarify values.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 27 years of experience working in crisis, outpatient, and inpatient settings with a wide range of concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Missouri.

Can I work with her in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English and French.

Does she work with people outside the country?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions scheduled and what formats are offered?

Please confirm current session formats before booking. The profile does not list specific formats, so check the platform options when you schedule.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.