Doris Irvin, LPC
Helpful, practical counseling for parents and adults
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Self esteem
- Focus
- Depression
About Doris
Doris Irvin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with nine years in community mental health. She focuses on one-on-one counseling and aims to help people make practical changes in their lives. Doris emphasizes a respectful, person-led approach where the client directs the work.
She draws on client-centered care, helping people use their own strengths to solve problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy are central to her work when they fit a person's goals.
Background and approach
Those methods involve spotting unhelpful thoughts, setting clear goals, and taking small steps toward change. Doris often helps with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addiction, compassion fatigue, and mood concerns including bipolar symptoms.
Her additional focuses include adoption and foster care, family of origin issues, money and financial stress, and questions of life purpose. Sessions are collaborative and practical. She encourages active participation and supports people who want to set goals and try new strategies.
Conversations aim to be straightforward and focused on what can change in daily life. People who prefer clear goals and hands-on tools may find her style helpful. Doris is available for English-language online work and accepts international clients, offering video, phone, chat, and messaging formats.
What Doris works with
Everything Doris lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Doris helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Adoption and foster care
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Doris lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. The therapist offers empathy and support while the person sets priorities and decides what to change. This approach helps when someone wants a supportive space to figure out next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, examines how thoughts influence actions and feelings. Sessions use practical exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more useful ones, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on goals and next steps, using small doable actions to move forward quickly.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will talk through options, consider the client's goals and preferences, and tailor methods as work progresses. Clients and therapist decide together which strategies to try and when to adjust them.
Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy parenting schedule or a changing routine.
Questions people ask about Doris
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, parenting questions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, addiction, compassion fatigue, and mood concerns including bipolar symptoms.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, with an emphasis on setting goals and using practical strategies like CBT and solution-focused steps.
What is her professional background?
She has nine years of experience in community mental health and currently practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Where is she located and licensed?
She is licensed as an LPC in Missouri and practices there while offering online sessions to clients in other locations.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients may work with her.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to available times.
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