Allison Kemble, LCSW - Therapist in Missouri

About Allison

Allison Kemble is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who uses practical, relationship-focused approaches to help people through hard life moments. She begins by listening and working with each person to set clear, achievable goals. Sessions focus on immediate problems and workable tools that fit daily life.

Her training began with a master's degree in clinical social work from the University of Missouri Columbia. Early in her career she worked as a career counselor helping people access housing, childcare, and employment resources while on government assistance.

Background and approach

That work emphasized practical problem solving and coordinating community supports. Allison later moved into medical social work for a major health system. There she provided grief counseling, crisis intervention, and short-term support for people facing complex or chronic illness.

She has experience helping clients and their families cope with new diagnoses, disease management, medication adherence, and the emotional fallout of serious medical events. Her approach draws on solution-focused, client-centered, and motivational interviewing techniques. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness strategies when they fit a person's needs.

Allison aims to match tools to what someone can actually use between sessions. She has eight years of clinical experience and practices in Missouri. Allison works with concerns such as grief, parenting, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and issues around adoption and foster care.

She emphasizes a steady, paced process and adapts communication methods to each client's preference.

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Allison often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, focusing on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client; this approach helps build trust and personal insight. Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation during stressful times.

Finding the right approach happens together. Allison will discuss what feels most useful and adjust techniques as goals evolve. The initial conversations are aimed at clarifying problems, trying a few tools, and choosing methods that fit the person's routine and comfort level.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Clients can meet via video calls, join by phone, or use live chat and text-based messaging when that works better for day-to-day life. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and medical schedules while keeping a steady therapeutic process.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Allison address?

She helps with grief, parenting, career changes, coping with life transitions, compassion fatigue, stress, anxiety, addictions, family issues, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, self esteem, depression, coaching, and ADHD, plus adoption, foster care, cancer, caregiver stress, and chronic illness concerns.

What is her general therapeutic style?

The work is practical and collaborative, using solution-focused, client-centered, and motivational interviewing techniques to set goals and build skills that fit daily life.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has eight years of professional experience, including roles in career counseling and medical social work supporting patients and families through illness and grief.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, with Missouri license MO LCSW 2020001243 and practices in Missouri.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match personal preferences.

How do I begin the process?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and cost varies with location and therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Grief
Parenting issues
Career difficulties

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 8 years
Licensed: Missouri
Languages: English

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