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Online therapist

Audrey Lahodny

Practical therapy for families and relationships

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Credentials
LCMFT
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Kansas
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Audrey

Audrey Lahodny is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT) based in Kansas. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship and family challenges, parenting struggles, and issues related to intimacy and substance use. Audrey draws on a decade of clinical experience to support practical changes that improve daily life.

She meets adults, couples, and families where they are and keeps things direct and goal-oriented. Sessions often include clear conversations about patterns in relationships, communication, and coping skills for stress or anger.

Background and approach

Audrey also addresses trauma, abuse, and related safety concerns with careful planning. Her work combines a few proven approaches. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help partners reconnect, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and Motivational Interviewing when people are ready to change habits like substance use.

The therapist adapts methods to each familys needs. Parents sometimes need strategies as much as support. Audrey offers practical tools for discipline, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care dynamics, and caregiver stress.

She also helps with self-esteem, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Audrey emphasizes honest conversation without judgment. She helps clients set realistic goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track progress over time.

Taking a first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step clear and manageable.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work

Attachment-informed and Emotionally-Focused Therapy help people understand and change how they relate to each other. These approaches focus on feelings and connection, and they are useful when couples or family members want to rebuild trust or reduce reactivity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of daily functioning; it often includes practical exercises and homework to practice new skills between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasnt helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize emotion-focused work, skill-based CBT, motivational interviewing for habit change, or a blend that fits the familys needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy families. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work and parenting schedules, continue care during transitions, and use shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals aim to make therapy accessible and practical for everyday life.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with addictions, relationship and family problems, intimacy issues, anger, trauma and abuse, parenting, self-esteem, career changes, compassion fatigue, and related concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family issues, and domestic violence.
What is her overall therapy style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, focusing on clear conversations, skill building, and real-life changes. Sessions mix emotional work with tools for better communication and coping.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 10 years of professional experience working with individuals, couples, and families in clinical settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LCMFT - with license number KS LCMFT LCMFT 2883, and she practices in Kansas.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are used for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapists availability. The process guides you from matching to booking.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Kansas
Languages
English

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