Dr. Tess DeProw

Dr. Tess DeProw helps people facing anger, addiction, depression, anxiety, and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, parenting stress, bipolar mood concerns, career challenges, and life transitions. Tess is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri and brings three decades of clinical experience to sessions.

Her style is warm, empathetic, and encouraging. She looks for strengths a person already has and uses those as the starting point for change. Conversations focus on practical steps that feel manageable rather than on long lists of theory.

Tess uses a mix of approaches to match individual needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck and want to find their own reasons to change. Narrative and attachment-based ideas are woven in to help reframe life stories and understand relationship patterns.

Sessions aim to build a clear plan with small, achievable goals. Tess prioritizes skills people can use between meetings to ease stress and reduce anger. She encourages clients to notice progress, even when it feels slow.

Clients can expect collaborative work to identify options and try new ways of coping. Tess communicates plainly and focuses on what will improve daily life. To begin, readers should use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based ideas focus on how close relationships shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions can use this approach to track patterns in how someone connects, responds to anger, or seeks comfort, then practice new ways of relating.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together. In web sessions CBT can help people identify unhelpful thoughts, test them in daily life, and try new behaviors between meetings to reduce anger and anxiety.

Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. In an online visit this involves guided conversation to weigh options and boost motivation for choices like reducing substance use or trying different coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress or new challenges appear.

The biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm available online or in-person options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make consistent appointments simpler for people with busy schedules.