Carla Frankoviglia-Gilfry, LPC

Carla Frankoviglia-Gilfry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with 24 years of clinical experience helping people navigate complex life challenges. She centers her work on addressing stress, anxiety, relationship dynamics, and personal growth with a compassionate, skilled approach that honors each personâs unique journey.

Specializing in support for women during transformative life stages, she focuses on self-esteem, communication, workplace concerns, and midlife transitions. Carla pays careful attention to the particular demands clients face when reevaluating roles, goals, and relationships, and she offers practical strategies to build resilience and clarity.

Her practice also emphasizes body image healing, cultivating self-love, and exploring life purpose. Through client-centered and collaborative counseling, Carla helps individuals develop coping skills, strengthen interpersonal communication, and create more authentic, fulfilling lives. Her approach aims to meet each person where they are while encouraging growth that reflects their values and strengths.

Approach-Based Online Support for Stress, Relationships, and Growth

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental stance that helps clients feel heard and understood. This approach invites people to explore their values, strengths, and goals while the therapist offers empathy and reflection to foster self-directed change - it is often useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and stress. CBT is practical and skill-oriented, helping clients develop coping techniques for everyday challenges, including workplace stress and communication problems.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches moment-to-moment awareness and acceptance of thoughts and feelings, which can support emotional regulation and reduce reactivity. This approach can complement other work on body image, self-love, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as growth unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions around work and family life, provide continuity during transitions, and allow clients to engage in therapy from locations that suit them.