David Yoder

David Yoder brings six years of experience as a licensed professional counselor in Missouri, and he frames his work as an expression of who he is rather than only what he does. His approach to therapy is grounded in ease and authenticity, so sessions often feel natural and effortless.

Much of his clinical experience focuses on fear-based difficulties such as stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, life transitions, relationship struggles, and responses to past events. He recognizes that labels can feel limiting - each person arrives with unique experiences and moves through challenges in their own way.

Counseling, to him, is an art. He guides clients in identifying and then creating the life they want, using a Person-Centered framework pioneered by Carl Rogers, which often provides the foundation for change. In addition to that core perspective, he draws on a wide set of therapeutic tools that may be helpful, including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), narrative therapy, Internal Family Systems, breathwork, yoga, transactional analysis, hypnotherapy, existential therapy, trauma-focused work, and rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT).

He is credentialed as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri (MO LPC 2017028738) and applies his training and varied methods to support people working through issues like grief, parenting challenges, sleep problems, anger management, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and concerns related to LGBT identity and family conflict.