Misty Hayes

Misty Hayes is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and isolation and loneliness. She offers practical care for relationship struggles, parenting pressures, anger, addictions, and questions about life purpose. Her focus includes everyday problems like communication breakdowns, control issues, shame and guilt, and challenges tied to ADHD and panic attacks.

She takes a straightforward, collaborative approach. Sessions are direct and goal-oriented while honoring each person’s values. Misty works with clients to spot what’s helpful and what needs to change, then builds simple steps to move forward.

Her methods draw on several established approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral ideas, attachment perspectives, emotionally focused methods, and a client-centered stance. She uses these to help people manage strong feelings and create reliable coping habits.

In the room she focuses on skills that can be used right away - breathing and grounding for panic, communication tools for strained relationships, and planning for big life transitions. She also helps people process past hurts so those memories stop steering daily choices.

With 16 years of experience practicing in Missouri, Misty combines a plainspoken style with steady support. To start, she helps clients set small, realistic goals and checks in on progress so therapy stays useful and relevant.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values-based action so life can feel more meaningful even with hard emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches clear skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, panic, and depression. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on emotions in relationships and helps people identify and shift patterns that keep them stuck in conflict or distance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss these methods and help decide what fits a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as therapy progresses.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also makes it simpler to keep continuity during life transitions. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and EFT techniques to remote work so sessions remain focused on practical skills and emotional processing.