About Larsen
Larsen Barnds is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings two decades of clinical work to his practice in Kansas. He views clients as the experts in their own stories and aims to support people as they move toward a more fulfilling life.
Background and approach
Larsen emphasizes strength and resilience rather than focusing only on problems. He helps people talk through relationship challenges, family conflicts, trauma and intimacy concerns.
He also works with depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, eating issues, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, and bipolar disorder. Additional areas of focus include first responder issues, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life counseling, infidelity, and multicultural concerns.
Larsen draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Existential Therapy. In sessions he combines practical skills with attention to emotions and personal values.
He aims to create clear steps people can try between meetings. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented while staying flexible to each person’s needs.
Larsen listens for patterns in relationships and behavior, and he helps people try new ways of responding. He supports exploration of meaning, personal values, and next steps for change.
People working with Larsen can expect direct communication and a focus on achievable progress. He encourages small experiments that build confidence.
Over time the work is meant to reduce distress and increase connection to what matters most.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify their values and take small steps that align with those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and for people who feel stuck and want a clearer sense of purpose. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how past connections shape current interactions; it can assist with intimacy issues and relationship distress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Larsen will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process may involve trying different tools and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone calls can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins or ongoing tracking between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and access licensed professionals from different locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Kansas, Missouri
- Languages
- English