Louis Koch , LSCSW, LCSW

Louis Koch is a licensed social worker with 40 years of professional experience who practices from Kansas and holds licensure in both Kansas and Missouri. He carries the credentials LSCSW and LCSW - Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker - reflecting extensive training and long standing clinical practice. Louis focuses on helping people address stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, navigate LGBT-related concerns, and work through relationship challenges.

He emphasizes an open, nonjudgmental therapeutic atmosphere where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly. His approach centers on listening carefully, validating experience, and partnering with each person to identify practical steps toward their goals. Louis recognizes that beginning therapy requires courage and honors the decision to seek support, working to make the process respectful and approachable for those he sees.

Approaches and Online Care for Practical Growth

Louis uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where individuals direct the pace and focus of sessions while a therapist provides empathy and understanding - an approach well suited to exploring personal values, identity, and relationship concerns.

He also employs cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress, offering concrete skills for day-to-day coping.

For clients who need tools for intense emotions and interpersonal challenges, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) supplies structured skills in emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication that can reduce crises and improve relationships.

Finding the right blend of these approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Louis collaborates with each person to determine which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility for scheduling and let people engage in therapy from familiar environments. These formats support continuity of care, make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, and allow licensed professionals to deliver the same evidence-informed approaches used in traditional settings.