- ACT techniques
- CBT skill work
- Attachment focus
About Cynthia
Cynthia (Cindi) Stewart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of experience in Missouri. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem struggles, and the ripple effects of family relationships. She also supports people dealing with addiction, grief, parenting strain, and LGBT-related concerns.
Cindi combines straightforward conversation with practical skills. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered and emotionally-focused ideas to strengthen how people understand and express feelings.
Her work often looks at how early family roles and patterns keep showing up in adult life. That can mean examining attachment concerns, abandonment worries, blended family tensions, or communication problems that repeat across relationships. She helps people name those patterns and find manageable steps to change them.
Sessions include time to talk through current problems and to practice coping skills that fit everyday life. Cindi also offers guidance around career stress, caregiver burnout, chronic illness and pain, and major life transitions. She pays attention to how mood disorders like bipolar and disruptive mood dysregulation can affect daily routines.
After intake, she tailors session focus to what each person says they need. People can expect a direct, respectful approach that balances emotion work with concrete strategies for handling difficult moments and improving relationships.
How her therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, clarify values, and take small committed actions toward a life that matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going, then practicing changes through simple exercises and homework between sessions. It often helps with mood disorders, panic, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes open listening and supporting the client's own understanding and choices, which can be helpful for people wanting to better name their feelings and make decisions. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and what feels most useful in practice. That plan can change as sessions progress and new priorities come up. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits help people keep therapy consistent while working on attachment patterns, mood regulation, coping skills, and communication changes.Areas of expertise
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, addictions, grief, parenting strain, LGBT concerns, and family of origin issues among other topics.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends client-centered listening with practical methods from CBT, ACT, DBT, and emotionally-focused work to combine feeling-focused discussion with skills practice.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of counseling experience working with adults on life transitions, mood concerns, and relationship patterns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LPC and an LPCC and practices in Missouri.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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