Doris Irvin, LPC

Doris Irvin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with nine years of experience in community mental health. She has worked with a wide range of concerns including severe and persistent mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, depression, and anxiety, bringing practical experience from public behavioral health settings to her therapeutic work.

Doris takes a client-centered approach, prioritizing the therapeutic relationship and treating each person as the expert in their own life. She focuses on helping people uncover purpose and make meaningful, lasting changes that support physical health, emotional well-being, and overall life satisfaction. Building a collaborative and trusting connection is central to how she approaches care.

Her clinical work draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. In plain terms, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify how thoughts influence emotions and actions, then works to shift unhelpful thought patterns to change behavior. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes practical steps - identifying strengths, setting concrete goals, and taking achievable actions that move a person toward the outcomes they want.

Both approaches require active participation and a willingness to try new strategies, and Doris supports clients through that process with empathy and clear guidance. She also integrates a client-centered stance that seeks to amplify each person’s own abilities and goals as the basis for change.