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Welcome to

Hopeways Counseling

Whether you’re looking to reconnect with your life, want to discover your purpose or your on a healing journey, Hopeways Counseling is here to help. With adult individual therapy services, specialized treatment options for PTSD and coping skills groups geared to teach applicable everyday skills, we may have what you need to take the next steps in your mental health journey.

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Meet Kat,

My name is Kat Brunson, I’m a licensed professional counselor located in Weldon Spring, Missouri. I’ve been working in the mental health field since 2016 and have been a therapist since 2018. Through the course of my career I’ve built my expertise in trauma recovery, navigating generational trauma and helping clients develop the skills they need to navigate challenging life circumstances. I’ve been trained in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive processing therapy (CPT), trauma-informed CBT (TICBT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). All of these treatments have a common goal, to help everyday people navigate the uncertain circumstances they might find themselves in through building resilience, developing self-compassion and creating a mindset that challenges perfectionism. If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed by your life, constantly feeling numbed out or feel like every little thing brings emotions that are just too intense, I might be able to help.

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S e r v i c e s

  • Individual counseling sessions are 60 minutes, $130 per session out of pocket or billed to your insurance provider. Currently Hopeways Counseling is in network with Aetna, Allied Benefit Systems, Cigna, Oscar Health, UMR, and United Healthcare. At this time we are not in network with BCBS, Anthem, Carelon or Wellfirst.

    • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

    • Acute Stress Disorder

    • Anxiety and Panic Related Disorders

    • Dissociative Disorders

    • Borderline Personality Disorder

    • Reproductive Trauma

    • Chronic Illness & Medical Trauma

    • Generational Trauma

    • LGBTQ+

    • Major Life Changes

    • Individual Dialectical Behavior Therapy informed (DBT)

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Trauma Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TI-CBT)

    • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

    • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

    • Mindfulness Informed

  • In partnership with Jamie Hammond LLC, Hopeways Counseling offers a community DBT skills group to help adults learn mindfulness, emotion regulation, communication and distress tolerance skills. Skills groups are hosted weekly for groups of 6-8 individuals at a self pay rate.

  • If you are a provisionally licensed professional counselor looking for supervision in the state of Missouri, please reach out to hopewayscounseling@gmail.com to inquire about supervision availability and pricing.