Dhruti Shah, LPC, LCPC

Licensed in Missouri · 7 years in practice

Dhruti Shah is a licensed professional counselor who blends evidence-based therapy with a mindful, person-centered approach.

License and registration

LPC, Missouri: 2018013688 · expires June 2027
LCPC, Kansas: LCPC 03219 · expires February 2026
NPI: 1003373044 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 7
Languages: English, Gujarati, Hindi

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About Dhruti

Dhruti Shah is a licensed professional counselor who blends evidence-based therapy with a mindful, person-centered approach. She draws on techniques that help people manage anxiety, depression, grief, and struggles with addiction. Dhruti frames sessions around each person's values and practical goals to help them move forward.

She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients notice difficult feelings while taking steps that match their values.

Background and approach

Dialectical Behavior Therapy supplies concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming. Dhruti also brings gentle, eastern-informed practices into sessions when helpful, such as simple mindfulness and breathing exercises drawn from yoga traditions. Those practices are offered alongside talk therapy and skill-building, not as a replacement for clinical approaches.

Sessions aim to be down-to-earth and action-focused so change can happen between meetings. With seven years of clinical experience, she has supported people facing trauma, compassion fatigue, relationship concerns, and wide-ranging mood or behavioral challenges. Her background spans work with grief, eating and sleeping problems, bipolar symptoms, and complex issues like attachment or codependency.

Sessions are available in English, Gujarati, and Hindi for people in Kansas and internationally. Dhruti holds Missouri LPC and Kansas LCPC credentials and she works with each person to set goals, pace, and the mix of skills or reflective work that fits them.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Dhruti lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
LGBT
Grief
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Control issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues

Approaches Dhruti names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and major life changes because it emphasizes meaningful goals over symptom control. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going by teaching practical exercises and homework to try between sessions. CBT often helps with anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and unhelpful behavior patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings concrete skills for managing intense emotions and handling crises, including emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and grounding techniques that can be practiced in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor a mix of ACT, CBT, DBT, or client-centered support. This collaboration helps make therapy feel relevant and doable rather than one-size-fits-all.

Online sessions offer flexible ways to engage in therapy. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice, phone sessions can fit short check-ins or lower bandwidth needs, and live chat or text messaging work well for ongoing support and brief coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between sessions.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does this therapist address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, bipolar symptoms, and self-esteem issues.

What is the therapeutic style like?

Sessions are practical and collaborative, mixing acceptance and commitment ideas with client-centered listening and concrete CBT or DBT skills.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of experience working with a range of mood, behavioral, and trauma-related concerns.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds an LPC in Missouri and an LCPC in Kansas and practices from Kansas.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English, Gujarati, and Hindi, and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on their needs.

How are costs handled?

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

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