Louis Koch, LSCSW, LCSW
Experienced Kansas social worker focused on practical change
Book with LouisWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
How Louis works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LSCSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Kansas, Missouri
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Louis
Louis Koch is a licensed social worker with 40 years of professional experience. He practices in Kansas and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and relationship challenges.
Louis also supports people facing grief, trauma, anger, and identity-related questions. He aims to make the therapy room a nonjudgmental place. Clients are invited to talk openly about their thoughts and feelings.
Background and approach
Louis listens closely and helps people name what matters to them. His approach mixes practical skills and thoughtful conversation. He uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking.
He draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions focused on each person’s needs. Louis also works with emotion-focused ideas to improve how people handle close relationships. For those struggling with intense emotions, elements of dialectical behavior therapy are available to build coping skills.
He tailors the mix to the issue at hand and the person in front of him. People who reach out can expect straightforward language and clear goals. Louis encourages small, achievable steps between sessions.
He emphasizes learning new ways to respond to stress, manage anger, and strengthen relationships.
What Louis works with
Everything Louis lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Louis's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
Approaches Louis lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How his approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust. Online sessions allow the therapist to follow the client's lead, reflect feelings, and help people find their own solutions, which can be helpful for stress, relationship concerns, and identity questions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. In remote sessions, CBT tools are used to identify unhelpful thinking and practice alternative responses, useful for anxiety, anger, and mood issues.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers clear skills for managing intense emotions and improving distress tolerance. Online formats can support skills training and coaching between sessions to reinforce new coping habits.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals and try methods that fit the client's needs and preferences. Sessions often shift based on what works best in practice rather than sticking to a single method.
Online therapy with Louis is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging are useful for quick updates, written reflections, or when a person prefers typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit work into a schedule and to continue progress between sessions.
Questions people ask about Louis
What kinds of concerns does Louis address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, anger, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and related problems listed in his specialties.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He combines client-centered listening with practical skills work. Sessions often include learning coping strategies and talking through what is most important to the client.
How much experience does he have?
He has 40 years of professional work experience in social work and clinical practice.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and practices out of Kansas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does he provide?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging for remote work.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.