Lara Fallon, LCSW

Lara Fallon is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people through major life shifts. She focuses on common problems like anxiety, depression, grief, and low self-esteem. Clients also turn to her for help with stress, addiction concerns, and midlife transitions.

Her work aims to be straightforward and practical. She listens closely, helps people name what matters most, and builds small steps that fit daily life. Sessions focus on clearer thinking, coping strategies, and skills to manage strong emotions.

Lara uses a mix of collaborative approaches depending on each person's needs. She draws on client-centered methods to follow the client's goals, cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts, and mindfulness to reduce reactivity. Solution-focused techniques are used to set short-term targets and track progress.

She has spent years helping people with relationship and communication problems, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, and the emotional impact of chronic illness. Lara also addresses issues such as body image, commitment worries, and the strain of divorce or separation.

People meet her when they need support through aging issues, career shifts, or the emptiness that sometimes comes with big life changes. Her Missouri-based practice emphasizes steady, practical work to build resilience and restore a sense of control.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the person's goals and priorities. It involves listening closely, reflecting concerns back, and shaping each session around what the person most wants to address. This approach helps when someone feels unsure where to begin or needs a steady, supportive presence.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses exercises and practical tools to test unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and lift mood. DBT, dialectical behavior therapy, adds clear skills for managing intense emotions and improving how someone copes with stress and relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about options, try techniques, and adjust based on goals, needs, and what feels useful. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which methods to keep using.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so people can attend more consistently. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices to work well in remote sessions.