Allison Van Da Griff, LPC - Therapist in Missouri

About Allison

Allison Van Da Griff is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings seven years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, body image concerns, grief, and relationship or intimacy questions. Allison emphasizes each person's strengths and helps build on them so change feels possible and realistic.

She believes clients know their stories best and meets them without judgment. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with room for emotion and real-life problem solving.

Background and approach

Allison uses simple tools to reduce anxiety, improve communication, and rebuild confidence. Much of her work centers on parenting challenges, coping with life transitions, and healing from trauma or abuse. She also addresses eating concerns, mood struggles, isolation, and compassion fatigue with a steady, practical approach.

When pregnancy or childbirth affects mental health, she helps people find strategies that fit their routines. Allison draws on several methods to match a person's needs. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow the client's lead and create a trusting space.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns that keep problems going and replace them with workable habits. Her style blends solution-focused planning with techniques from the Gottman Method for relationship skills and evidence-based trauma work when needed. The result is straightforward therapy that aims for small, sustainable changes over time.

How Allison’s Methods Work Online

Allison integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that translate well to remote care. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead, creating a collaborative space for goals and problem solving. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, then tests small changes to see what improves mood and functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Allison works together with each person to choose or combine methods based on their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so the work stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility around work and parenting responsibilities. These formats make it easier to fit short check-ins or longer sessions into a busy life and to continue progress when in-person visits are difficult. Licensed professionals can use these options to keep focus on concrete skills, communication practice, and real-life problem solving in everyday settings.

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Gottman Method

A research-based framework for couples, focused on how partners argue, repair, and stay connected. Practical and structured, with exercises to try between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Allison help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, and related challenges such as body image and communication problems.

What is her general therapy style like?

Allison uses a conversational, strengths-based approach that emphasizes practical steps and skill building. Sessions balance emotional support with concrete strategies to try between meetings.

How long has she been practicing?

She has seven years of professional experience working in clinical settings and supporting people through a range of life challenges.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, MO LPC 2015043631, and practices in Missouri.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients located within the supported region.

What session formats are available?

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

How does payment and cost work for sessions?

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

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Experience: 7 years
Licensed: Missouri
Languages: English

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