Alane Roath, LPC

Alane Roath is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and addiction. She also helps with issues like codependency, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and caregiver stress.

Roath uses straightforward, collaborative sessions to help people who feel overwhelmed by others' needs or by life changes. She listens to the practical problems clients bring and helps them notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions often focus on small, doable changes rather than big promises about outcomes.

Her methods draw on several evidence-informed approaches. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people act in line with their values, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to examine thoughts and behaviors, and Emotionally-Focused tools to look at relationship patterns. She also uses Client-Centered and Existential perspectives when those fit the client's concerns.

People come to her for a mix of emotional and practical problems: social anxiety, panic, mood disorders, sexual identity questions, family of origin issues, and struggles with setting boundaries. She also supports those dealing with chronic illness, first responder stress, or obsessive thoughts.

In sessions she works directly and plainly. She helps clients name patterns like people-pleasing or fear of abandonment, practice boundary-setting, and try out new ways of responding. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions