About Larsen
Larsen Barnds is a licensed marriage and family therapist with two decades of clinical work in Kansas. He uses a direct, practical approach to help people untangle relationship and family strain. Larsen respects each person's experience and sees clients as the experts in their own lives.
He commonly addresses trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, depression, anxiety, stress, and addictions. He also supports people dealing with grief, eating issues, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and bipolar challenges.
Background and approach
Additional areas include first responder issues, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life counseling, infidelity, and multicultural concerns. Larsen blends body-centered methods with talk-based therapy. He draws on Somatic Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT).
Sessions focus on practical strategies, awareness of physical responses, and improving connections with others. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. Larsen helps clients notice patterns, try small changes, and build skills that fit daily life.
He encourages questions and works at a pace that feels manageable. He holds the Kansas Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist credential and is also licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Larsen has 20 years of experience in clinical settings and offers work with international clients in English.
How somatic and relational approaches work online
Somatic Therapy focuses on the body-mind connection and helps people notice physical sensations tied to stress or trauma. It can help when anxiety, tension, or repeated physical reactions get in the way of daily life.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people how to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking action toward personal values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and moving past avoidance patterns.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It supports people wanting to improve closeness, repair trust, or change recurring interaction cycles.
Choosing the right method is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then try approaches that fit. That collaborative process helps find what actually helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let therapists observe facial expressions and body posture, while phone sessions work when video is difficult. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing check-ins and brief coaching between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to schedule care around busy family or work life.
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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