Christian Individual Counseling in Lee's Summit, MO | Genesis

Nothing you bring in here has to be tidy first.

You don't need the words for it yet. Start anywhere.

Christian individual counseling in Lee's Summit, MO.

Sessions
run 45 to 50 minutes at $125, private pay.
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You don't need a crisis to come in.

People book one on one Christian counseling in Lee's Summit for enormous reasons and for small ones. A death, a diagnosis, a marriage coming apart. Or nothing you could point to at all, just a year of being short with everyone and not knowing why.

Both are worth an hour. A lot of people spend months quietly deciding whether what they're carrying is bad enough to bother a counselor with. It usually is, and it's usually smaller by the end of the first one.

You're allowed to come in before it gets worse.

Issues we typically hear

Yours is probably on this list.

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What the first hour is actually like.

You talk, mostly

Your counselor asks what brought you in and then mostly listens. There's no right order to tell it in, and nobody's marking you down for how clearly you explain it.

It stays in the room

Sessions are confidential, within the narrow legal limits every licensed counselor works under. Your counselor spells those out at the start, before you've told them anything.

You leave with a next step

Not a diagnosis, and not a plan for the rest of your life. A plain read on what's going on and what the next few sessions would work on, so you can decide whether to book them. Christian therapy for individuals in Lee's Summit is meant to leave you with that much after one hour.

Your faith comes into the room with you.

Nobody here treats Biblical counseling for individuals in Lee's Summit as a verse and a pep talk. Your counselor holds the Bible as true and takes the clinical training just as seriously. So Scripture gets named when it's the honest thing to say. And you'll also get asked about your sleep, what you're eating, and how long it's been since you talked to a friend.

Your faith isn't something to work around here.

You're welcome whether you're in church every Sunday or haven't been in years. Faith isn't the price of admission.

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Questions people ask before they call.

If yours isn't on the list, it's the kind of thing Naomi answers on the phone in about a minute.

Call 816.272.0653

Do I need a diagnosis to come in?

No. Plenty of people book faith based individual counseling in Lee's Summit without anything a doctor would put a name to. Feeling stuck, worn down, or not much like yourself is reason enough to take an hour.

Is what I say confidential?

Yes. What you say in session stays in session, within the narrow legal limits every licensed counselor in Missouri works under. Your counselor will walk you through exactly what those are in the first session, before you've told them anything.

How do you decide who I'll see?

Naomi matches you by what you're coming in for and who has an opening that week. Tell her if you have a preference and she'll work with it. If you've been looking for an individual Christian counselor in Lee's Summit, you'll find one among our seven licensed counselors and a supervised intern, at a practice that's been here since 2016.

How long will I need to come?

There's no set number. Some people come for a season and stop. Others keep a standing hour going for years. Christian individual therapy in Lee's Summit works best when you and your counselor decide that together.

Other services

Grief and lossMarriage and couplesTrauma therapyTeen counselingDBT therapyAnxietyCounseling for menDepressionCounseling for womenOnline counseling

You can call without knowing what to say.

You don't need a reason that sounds serious enough, and you don't need it in order. Naomi picks up and she'll tell you who has openings and what the first session involves.

Naomi Thompson
Naomi ThompsonPractice Manager, 816.272.0653
Session fee$125, private pay
Session length45 to 50 minutes
InsuranceNot billed. Detailed receipt on request.
Where605 NE Woods Chapel Road, or by video