Kerry Branum, LPC
Missouri · 14 years in practice
Kerry Branum is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions.
License and registration
- LPC, Missouri
- 2012022789 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1033464292 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Kerry
Kerry Branum is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions. He also supports those coping with addiction, ADHD, parenting challenges, career questions, and intimacy or communication concerns. Kerry brings 14 years of experience to sessions and works with adults who want practical tools and clearer direction.
Kerry blends talk and practical exercises to help people make sense of hard moments.
Background and approach
He listens without judgment and helps clients name what matters most. Sessions often focus on values, daily habits, and small steps that lead to clearer thinking and steadier emotion. In his work Kerry draws on existential ideas about meaning and choice alongside cognitive approaches that target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
He also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to build tolerance for difficult feelings while committing to valued action. Attachment-focused thinking helps him notice patterns in relationships and how people connect or pull away. Clients can expect collaborative planning and concrete strategies such as thinking exercises, behavioral experiments, and communication practice.
Kerry also offers coaching techniques for career planning and goal setting when guidance is wanted beyond therapy work. He trained at Missouri Baptist University and the University of Mississippi and practices in Missouri as an LPC. Sessions are offered in English and Kerry makes space for people navigating complex health, caregiving, or blended family situations.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Kerry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Approaches Kerry names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
How Kerry’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Existential therapy helps people name what matters and face hard choices. It focuses on meaning, responsibility, and the everyday decisions that shape a life, which can be useful for those wrestling with purpose, loss, or major transitions.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches skills to accept difficult feelings and still take action toward values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress when people want tools to handle painful emotions while moving forward.
Attachment-Based ideas look at how early relationship patterns show up now. In sessions this helps clients spot repeating cycles in their close relationships and practice new ways of connecting and communicating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kerry will discuss goals and preferences and help decide which methods to emphasize. This is a collaborative process that can shift as needs change over time.
Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are close to in-person conversation and work well for deep discussion. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and practical coaching between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Kerry help with?
Kerry supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship and communication issues, parenting challenges, ADHD, and life changes.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a collaborative, conversational style that mixes reflection with hands-on exercises and goal setting to help people make steady progress.
How much experience does he have?
Kerry has 14 years of experience as a counselor, coach, and educator working with adults on personal and relational concerns.
What are his credentials and where is he located?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri.
What languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats does he offer?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process to begin working with him?
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