Allison Kemble

LCSW

Missouri

Motivational, practical, client-centered care

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At a glance

Credentials

LCSW

License

LCSW, Missouri / 2020001243

NPI

1407463706

Experience

8 years

Languages

English

Location

Missouri

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1. • Motivational approach
   • Practical tools
   • Compassionate listening

   About Allison

   Allison Kemble is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Missouri who focuses on helping people move forward from hard times. She centers sessions on motivation and collaboration, listening first and then helping clients set small, achievable steps toward their goals. Her style is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at people who want clear tools and steady support.

   Allison earned her Master of Social Work from the University of Missouri Columbia and has eight years of clinical experience. She began as a career counselor helping clients navigate employment barriers and basic needs. That early work included case management for housing, childcare, and food security needs.

   She later moved into medical social work with a major health system. There she provided grief counseling, crisis intervention, and short-term support for people facing serious illness. She has worked with people adjusting to new diagnoses, managing chronic conditions, and coping with the stress of caregiving and cancer.

   In therapy she uses motivational interviewing alongside client-centered, solution-focused, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques. Allison starts where each person is and adapts tools to match their pace and readiness. Sessions combine listening with practical strategies for problems like anxiety, depression, parenting stress, addiction concerns, and life changes.

   People who choose her can expect a warm, steady presence and help building skills they can use between sessions. She supports parent concerns, grief, self-esteem work, ADHD-related struggles, and coping with chronic pain or illness.

2. How Allison's approaches translate to online therapy

   Allison often blends motivational interviewing with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. Motivational interviewing focuses on exploring a person's own reasons for change and building motivation one step at a time. It can help with substance concerns, ambivalence about change, and setting achievable goals. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
   
   Finding the right approach is part of the process. Allison treats therapy as a collaboration and will work with each person to choose strategies that fit their goals, timing, and comfort with different techniques. She adapts pacing and tools so the plan feels manageable and relevant to everyday life.
   
   If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session isn't needed. It can also let people use mindfulness and ACT exercises in the contexts where problems actually occur, so skills transfer to daily routines.

4. Areas of expertise

   Primary focus

   GriefParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

   Also works with

   Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseEating disordersAnger managementSelf esteemDepressionCoachingADHD

   Additional focus areas

   Adoption and foster careCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disability

   Therapeutic approaches

   Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

   Experience

   8+ years

   Listed in

   Missouri

   Languages

   English

5. Frequently asked questions

   What concerns does Allison commonly help with?

   She works with grief, parenting issues, career transitions, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, stress, anxiety, addictions, family concerns, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, self esteem, depression, coaching, and ADHD. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, cancer, caregiver issues and stress, and chronic pain or illness.

   What is Allison's therapeutic style like?

   Her approach is collaborative and motivational. She uses motivational interviewing, client-centered work, solution-focused techniques, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients set goals and try practical steps.

   How much clinical experience does she have?

   She has eight years of clinical experience, including roles as a career counselor and as a medical social worker supporting patients and families through serious illness and end-of-life care.

   What are her credentials and where is she located?

   She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in the state of Missouri.

   Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?

   Sessions are offered in English.

   Does she take international clients?

   International clients are not currently accepted.

   How does cost and scheduling work?

   Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

   How do I begin working with Allison?

   To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

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