- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
About Lindsay
Lindsay Brunner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Missouri with 15 years of clinical experience supporting people through hard seasons. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Her practice includes attention to social anxiety and related concerns noted in her background.
Lindsay tends to keep sessions straightforward and practical. She talks through current struggles, past wounds, and patterns that keep problems repeating. She helps people notice small shifts that make day-to-day life easier, such as new ways to manage intense emotions and clearer communication habits.
She has worked with issues that include grief, family problems, and relationship difficulties. Lindsay also assists people coping with addiction, domestic violence, and the aftermath of abuse or sexual assault. She can support those handling medical challenges like cancer and the stress those bring.
Her approach aims to balance understanding what happened with steps to feel steadier now. Sessions often look at how thoughts, behavior, and relationships interact. Practical skills and coping strategies are used alongside talking about past experiences when that feels useful.
People who find social situations hard or feel watched or judged may find her background relevant. She outlines concerns clearly and focuses on ways to reduce distress in everyday settings. Prospective clients should review session options before scheduling.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and on processing past painful events. Cognitive approaches look at patterns of thinking and teach skills for managing worry and testing feared predictions, which can help with social anxiety and persistent worry. Trauma-focused work helps people make sense of painful memories and reduce their hold on daily life through gradual, supported processing.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will review symptoms, goals, and preferences together and recommend approaches that fit the person's needs. This is a collaborative process with adjustments as progress and priorities change.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter or more flexible check-ins, and remove travel from the equation. They also let people choose whether to use video or other arrangements depending on what feels manageable for them.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Missouri
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, and notes social anxiety among her concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a direct, practical style that combines talking about past experiences with skills to manage day-to-day distress.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 15 years of clinical experience as a social worker.
What credential and location are listed?
She is a Missouri LCSW and practices in Missouri.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified here; confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.