Guerlene Warden, LMFT

Missouri · 9 years in practice

Guerlene Warden is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches.

License and registration

LMFT, Missouri: 2021042324 · expires February 2028
NPI: 1407103781 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 9
Languages: English

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About Guerlene

Guerlene Warden is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. She brings nine years of experience in the mental health field and works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns. Sessions aim to be warm, respectful, and focused on practical steps clients can try between meetings.

Her work often addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges with self-esteem and isolation.

Background and approach

She also supports people dealing with addictions, bipolar symptoms, eating concerns, and career-related stress. Communication problems, guilt and shame, forgiveness, and self-love are frequent themes in her practice. Guerlene emphasizes a humanistic, interactive style.

She listens closely and helps clients name emotions and patterns that get in the way. Therapy sessions blend conversation with simple exercises drawn from CBT and EFT to change unhelpful thoughts and deepen emotional connection. Having worked in school settings and with adolescents earlier in her career, she is familiar with parenting stress and youth mental health concerns.

Her Missouri-based practice accepts English-speaking clients and she is open to working with international clients as well. People who choose her can expect a collaborative process. She helps set clear, achievable goals and checks progress along the way.

The aim is to build skills that make daily life easier and relationships more connected.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Communication problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Isolation / loneliness
Self-love

Approaches Guerlene names

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Online support

Emotionally-focused work and online care

Guerlene often draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name painful emotions and to change patterns that harm relationships. EFT focuses on feelings and connection and can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment wounds, and improving emotional responses during conflict.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the client's experience and priorities. This approach emphasizes listening, respect, and building a trusting therapeutic relationship. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors that reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms.

Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will ask about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. From there she tailors sessions and may mix methods so the work fits practical needs and personal style.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging make it easier to fit brief updates into a busy day. These formats increase flexibility and help people access therapy from different locations and schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating issues, bipolar symptoms, and life transitions.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is humanistic, warm, and interactive. She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered listening, and CBT techniques to help clients understand emotions and try practical changes.

What is her background and experience?

She has nine years of experience in the mental health field and works as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Much of her early work included school settings and work with adolescents.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a LMFT licensed in Missouri and practices with that credential.

In what languages can sessions be held?

Sessions are offered in English and she is also open to working with international clients.

What session formats are available?

She provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does cost and payment work?

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