Courtney Kempker, LPC

Therapist in Missouri

Courtney Kempker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, and life transitions.

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Licensed inMissouri
License2018036463
NPI 1558023382
Experience4+ years
LanguagesEnglish

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About Courtney

Courtney Kempker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She works with adults and caregivers who are dealing with grief, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping clients feel steadier in day-to-day life.

Courtney draws on attachment-focused ideas to help people understand patterns that repeat in relationships.

Background and approach

She also uses client-centered practices to make space for each person’s goals and experiences. When trauma is part of the story, she brings trauma-informed methods to slow the work down and keep it manageable. She earned a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Central Methodist University.

Courtney has four years of professional experience and several years providing tele-mental health services, including virtual Brainspotting work with people who have faced developmental trauma. Courtney often helps people navigating big life changes such as leaving college, starting a new job, moving, or becoming a parent.

She also supports individuals dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and caregiver stress. Her work includes attention to communication and commitment problems, anger and control issues, and challenges tied to identity and self-worth. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.

She aims to meet people where they are and tailor the pace and tools to their needs. Sessions mix listening, reflection, and practical steps clients can try between meetings.

Credentials

LPC (Missouri): License 2018036463 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1558023382 · national provider identifier

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Courtney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
Anger management
Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Caregiver issues and stress
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Guilt and shame
Life purpose
Money and financial issues
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Courtney names

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Online support

Attachment and Trauma-Informed Care Online

Courtney uses attachment-based ideas to help people notice and change repeating patterns in relationships. This approach focuses on how early connection shapes current trust, closeness, and communication, and it can help with attachment issues, commitment concerns, and relationship stress.

She also uses trauma-focused approaches when past harm affects day-to-day functioning. Those methods aim to help people process difficult experiences at a pace that feels safe and manageable, working on symptoms like anxiety, grief, and emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Courtney will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and then together decide which ideas and exercises to try. She keeps the process collaborative and adjusts the pace based on how someone responds.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and do deeper conversation, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick problem-solving, or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life transitions and busy schedules.

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Frequently asked

What concerns does Courtney often help with?

She works with relationship and family stress, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, anger and anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and coping with major life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Courtney combines attachment-informed work with client-centered listening and trauma-focused methods to keep sessions grounded and practical.

What background does she bring to sessions?

She holds a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and has four years of professional counseling experience.

Where is she licensed and based?

Courtney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Missouri and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.

How do subscriptions and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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