About Me
Kerry Branum is a Licensed Professional Counselor specializing in individual and family therapy using Play Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Bibliotherapy, all integrated into the frameworks of Adlerian Therapy , and maintains a private practice with his wife of 40 plus years, Linda, in Cuba, Missouri. With over 10 years experience as a therapist and educator, Kerry is a graduate of Missouri Baptist University with a Master's in Counseling and Ole Miss with an Educational Specialist degree in Counselor Education specializing in Play Therapy.
This is an integrative approach which follows these four stages:
THE 4 STAGES OF ADLERIAN THERAPY
An Adlerian therapist assists individuals in comprehending the thoughts, drives, and emotions that influence their lifestyles. People in therapy are also encouraged to acquire a more positive and productive way of life by developing new insights, skills, and behaviors. These goals are achieved through the four stages of Adlerian therapy:
Engagement: A trusting therapeutic relationship is built between the therapist and the person in therapy and they agree to work together to effectively address the problem.
Assessment: The therapist invites the individual to speak about his or her personal history, family history, early recollections, beliefs, feelings, and motives. This helps to reveal the person's overall lifestyle pattern, including factors that might initially be thought of as insignificant or irrelevant by the person in therapy.
Insight: The person in therapy is helped to develop new ways of thinking about his or her situation.
Reorientation: The therapist encourages the individual to engage in satisfying and effective actions that reinforce this new insight, or which facilitate further insight.
You may read more about Adlerian Process at https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/adlerian-psychology
or at the NASAP at https://www.alfredadler.org/
Kerry Branum, MAT, MAC, EDS, LPC-S, R-PT, NCC
Specialties
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety , Relationship issues , Family conflicts , Grief , Parenting issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Depression , Coaching , ADHD , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Cancer , Caregiver Issues and Stress , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Jungian Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
Services Offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
MO LPC 2012022789
Reviews
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Kerry is awesome. He listens and asks the right questions to get me to reflect on what I'm working through.
Kerry is a great therapist! He's kind and empathetic and willing to listen to my issues.
If you have the opportunity to work with Kerry, take it. He is fantastic to work with. He challenges me and engages me mentally and emotionally. I can tell he's paying close attention to what I am saying and what is happening below the surface.
He also continues to provide helpful resources and answers my questions and concerns between sessions.
I'm very thankful to have met Kerry.
I found the right guy!
Kerry is great.
He listened to my needs and applied himself and his knowledge to resolve my issues.
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Kerry has been a great therapist to work with. I believe he truly cares about what going on in client's lives and does his best through his training and intuition to craft a plan that helps move the person forward to where they want to be. I highly recommend him to anyone who is looking for expertise, empathy and compassion.
So far Kerry have been hitting the nail on reading me. He has been helping me to see and understand other perspectives which have helped me to feel more relieved. He also gives me activities to keep me learning about this process of mental health help.
Kerry has been a God Send in a dificult time.
So far, an awesome therapist. Listens and provides appropriate feedback. Also really excellent at keeping in touch between sessions and checking in!
The best part about Kerry is he takes initiative and doesn’t just tell you want you want to hear. He actively listens and analyzes your behavior words and thought processes and helps you re contextualize your thoughts
Kerry is very prompt and helpful.
Kerry's mind is a masterful place and his heart is for you as a client. I have been involved in coaching and therapy in and off throughout my life Kerry's knowledge and story-based counseling is the best I ever had. It's the first time I feel anyone actually LISTENS to what I am saying, by hearing the things not said in between my words. He is able to draw things out in a way no one else could. Words, spoken or in between, can't express how much I appreciate Kerry, and how much value I have received in just 3 sessions.
Kerry is a genuinely caring and insightful person who has found his true calling in life. I feel fortunate to have been matched with him.
Kerry is great! He definitely listens to my issues and gives me a new perspective on different aspects of my life. He cares about my time, and is able to fit my sessions into my lifestyle.
Awesome!