- ACT techniques
- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
About Cynthia
Cynthia (Cindi) Stewart is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 25 years of clinical experience in Missouri. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and life transitions, and lists work with LGBTQ concerns, addiction, trauma, grief, parenting, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Cindi uses practical conversation and skills-based work to help people cope with the realities of early adulthood - leaving home, starting jobs, and managing relationships. Sessions aim to identify what feels most urgent, build coping strategies, and practice new ways of responding to difficult emotions. She mixes acceptance-based methods with cognitive and behavioral tools to help clients make changes that fit daily life.
She often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, codependency, and blended-family stress. Cindi also helps people dealing with chronic illness, caregiving strain, cancer-related challenges, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce. Her work includes getting through grief and trauma and managing anger and impulse challenges.
Across sessions she teaches skills drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused and Client-Centered approaches. The aim is straightforward: understand what matters most, reduce unhelpful patterns, and practice new behaviors that stick.
Cindi accepts international clients who speak English. She asks new clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session so they can begin shaping goals and practical steps together.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work
The work often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and accepting uncomfortable feelings while taking committed action. It can help when someone feels stuck after college or when choices feel overwhelming. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety or low mood going and teaches practical strategies to shift them.Finding the right method is part of therapy. The therapist will work with each person to decide which approaches fit their goals and daily life. That decision is collaborative and can change as needs evolve during treatment.
The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around classes, work shifts, or caregiving. It can allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, or video sessions when visual connection helps skills practice. The emphasis is on making therapy usable in everyday life rather than on a single fixed style.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Cindi works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, bipolar-related concerns, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting strain, and life changes common in early adulthood.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
She blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused and Client-Centered methods into practical, skills-based work meant to change daily patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life-transition issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPC and LPCC credentials and practices from Missouri as listed in her profile.
Can she work with people who live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the profile does not list specific formats.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session to begin.
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