Allison Van Da Griff, LPC

Allison Van Da Griff is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with seven years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and intimacy challenges, and build motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. Allison approaches each person as the expert of their own story and looks for strengths that can support meaningful change.

She recognizes that reaching out for support takes courage and offers steady, compassionate guidance as clients take steps toward a more fulfilling life. Allison works collaboratively to identify practical strategies and personal resources that fit each client’s circumstances and goals. Her practice includes attention to a broad range of concerns such as depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, and issues related to body image and self-love.

Allison aims to create a respectful therapeutic relationship that emphasizes growth, resilience, and clearer communication as clients move through transitions and difficult emotions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Allison uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective guides the work. This approach emphasizes listening, validation, and helping people draw on their own strengths to address concerns such as low self-esteem, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm.

She also integrates cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, which focuses on identifying patterns of thought and behavior that contribute to anxiety, mood difficulties, and stress. CBT provides practical tools for changing unhelpful thinking and building coping skills.

For couples and relationship work, Allison draws on elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication, reduce conflict, and strengthen emotional connection. This method is useful for partners who want concrete strategies to navigate intimacy issues and rebuild trust.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Allison works with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility by allowing sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, access support from home, and maintain continuity of care even when life gets complicated.