Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Lara works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Lara
Lara Fallon is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience helping people manage strong emotions and life changes. She often works with clients facing stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. Her style is straightforward and supportive, focused on practical tools people can use right away.
Fallon uses approaches that center the person in therapy and teach skills for managing thoughts and behaviors. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral exercises and mindfulness to help people calm their reactions and make different choices.
Background and approach
Sessions typically involve clear goals, skill practice, and steps to try between meetings. Her experience includes helping people cope with addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting strains, and major life transitions. She also supports those dealing with chronic pain, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and blended family challenges.
Fallon pays attention to how life events influence mood and daily functioning. People who work with her can expect a practical, collaborative process. She helps identify patterns that keep problems going and teaches concrete ways to interrupt them.
The work combines short-term strategies and longer-term planning tailored to each person’s needs. Fallon practices in Missouri and conducts sessions in English. She offers several online formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and lifestyle.
Her focus is helping people regain control, reduce overwhelm, and move forward with clearer choices.
What Lara works with
Everything Lara lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Lara's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lara lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical approaches for online emotion management
Fallon frequently uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on careful listening and helping people find their own solutions, which can ease feelings of being judged and help build trust. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior, teaching concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety or anger.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. DBT offers step-by-step tools for managing intense reactions, improving emotional balance, and handling conflict without making things worse. Together these approaches give options for short-term coping and longer-term change, and she will work with each person to decide what fits best.
Online therapy lets people connect from their home or other convenient places using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good when visual cues matter, phone can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make scheduling easier and allow therapy to fit into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Lara
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people coping with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and self-esteem issues, plus related areas like addiction, trauma, relationship and family difficulties, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is practical and person-centered. Sessions mix listening with skill teaching from cognitive-behavioral, dialectical behavior, mindfulness, and solution-focused approaches.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults through a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Missouri and provides services from that state.
What languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.