Darla McAdams, Therapist, MO | Mind Diagnostics

Licensed

Online Counseling

(61 reviews)

MA, LPC Darla McAdams

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Darla McAdams is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

More about me

Licensing: MA, LPC Years in Practice: 7 State: Missouri

I am a licensed Counselor in the State of Missouri with close to 7 years of professional experience. I enjoy working with any age range as well as a broad variety of concerns, including LGBTQ and people of color.. Part of my work has been with young women age 17 to 30 who struggled with substance use, abuse, eating disorders and self esteem issues. I have also worked for over three years with adults and elderly who struggled with substance use, anxiety, depression, homelessness, trauma, emotional abuse, family and relationship issues, co-dependency, loss and grief.

I believe that each client be treated with warmth, respect and value. Each session is a safe place without any judgment. My approach varies depending on the specific needs and goals of each individual. I utilize mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and Solution-Focused Therapy the most. I also believe strongly in the approach of Person-Centered Therapy and that each individual has within them the ability to create change and move towards being the best that they can be. I am here to listen and help guide you in that process.

I know that with the added challenges we have all faced from COVID, life has been more difficult for many. I commend you for reaching out to seek assistance in navigating your daily challenges and seeking a happier life. I would be honored to work with you in reaching towards whatever changes and goals you desire.

I look forward to having the opportunity to work with you.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Addictions LGBT Trauma and abuse Self esteem Relationship issues Family conflicts Grief Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Sleeping disorders Parenting issues Anger management Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Depression Coping with life changes Compassion fatigue ADHD
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Reviews for Darla McAdams

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She the best

Darla is a great listener and she's very knowledgeable. She's helped me a lot with talking about feelings and expressing myself.

Very professional, compassionate, and considerate of my needs. Recommended several sources to seek help and I found them very helpful. Highly recommend her to help others.

Darla has been instrumental in helping me break through some of my struggle to identify why I’ve dealt with addiction many times over in my life. Identifying the brokenness in my childhood and the narrative I’ve carried with me into my adulthood has been essential in my ability to recognize the pain that triggers my addictive behavior and then move on. I’m not healed but I’m more mindful of the stressors and the self-talk that brings about the problems I’ve had. I’m grateful to Darla for helping establish healthy practices and encouraging me to be conscious, intimate and honest with myself and my family.

Darla, seems to be very polite, patient, gracious, empathetic, and knowledgeable. She listens and gives positives for goals for next session, so you feel there is hope, and I like that.

Caring and professional easy to talk to.

Betterhelp is lucky to have someone like Darla McAdams! The help she has given me, ways to look at things and work through things is amazing. I am so glad I am able to talk to her every week.

Darla is kind, responsive and has a wealth of resources. She has been very patient with me.

Does an excellent job in listening and providing amazing feedback!

She is amazing

I have never found a better therapist in my life. We connected the first session and I feel that she understands me and listens and provides me with detailed worksheets and tools to improve not only my mental health but my life as a whole. I would give her a 20 out of 10!

Darla is such a great therapist. She has a lot of expertise and offers intentional insight. She listens to me so well without judgement and knows how to prioritize what we should focus on to bring more peace into my life. I highly recommend working with her.

Darla is compassionate and understanding in her therapy practice, taking note of what goals might arise through listening, clarifying questions, and creating space for curiosity, self-accountability, and self-forgiveness. In the almost two years of therapy with her I’ve been able to address multiple relationship concerns, learn from past mistakes while also forgiving myself for the patterns that they established, and have been given space to have hope for better days. I am grateful for our weekly sessions.

Darla is so professional while so caring. I am so glad she is the one on my journey to better mental health with me!!!

She’s great! In just 2 sessions, she’s given me good perspective already.

Really good st tackling multiple issues at once. As well as seeing past any lies I try to tell her to make myself sound better. She understands how I should feel before I do and it makes me think a lot about how I need to look at situations

Darla is professional, firm, kind, direct, and her ability to hold humor, wisdom, and accountability has made therapy one of the highlights of my week. In the 18 months of therapy with her, I’ve developed more of an understanding of my values, wants, needs, and have had tangible resources to further develop areas of growth. She strikes an equal balance of listening and offering therapeutic advice, and has become a trusted provider in my life. I did not know that I had the capacity to grow as much as I have through our sessions and can say confidently that my self-esteem, overall world/life view, communication skills, and quality of life have improved through our sessions. I am eternally grateful for her encouragement and cannot express enough how much my sessions with her changed and saved my life when I needed it most.

2 sessions in and I feel on the right path. Long road ahead, but glad to be working with Darla to navigate that road.

Darla’s insight and compassion have been a significant source of support during a very challenging time in my life. Her approach is warm and straightforward, and she provides clear guidance while making me feel seen and heard.

She always offers amazing advice and insight. I find it very comforting that she is willing to share her own experiences as well, when it applies to what we are discussing.

Excellent experience and help.

She is an amazing listener. She helped me understand my past, and helped me on how to get through my traumatic past, and even the issues I currently have.

Darla is kind and direct. She listens and completely understands what is going on and what you need in order to get better. My recovery from a very devastating breakup was much faster and smoother with Darla’s guidance. I was lucky to get her when I really needed her.

Thank you Darla for being a great listener and helping with The Help I didn't even know that I Needed. You are Caring kind and honest. You are professional and knowledgeable. You have the gift of therapy for me, And I appreciate it very much. A+++

Ms. McAdams connects well with her clients. I feel comfortable sharing concerns with her. She has several theories that she uses and is comfortable pushing in at just the right time. She is extremely intuitive. Her insight is so helpful.

She is incredible, and so far it's been wonderful working with her, appreciate everything she has helped me to cope with!!!

So far everything is going well. I appreciate the resources that Darla shares with me.

Darla is thoughtful and practical, and her expertise is a welcome guide in helping me navigate, confront, and heal patterns that I previously felt stuck in. I am grateful for our therapy sessions and welcome her ability to help me reflect on my commitment to centering wellness in my life.

Darla is so kind and patient. It is easy to open up to her about my issues.

Darla is kind, listens and has pointed some helpful changes for me to adapt. We have had 4 sessions, and I have learned helpful techniques.

We’ve only had two sessions so far but she has been very understanding of my problems. I’ve learned quite a bit from her in just two sessions and I feel like I’m moving forward for the first time in a long time. Very patient and kind.

Darla is a Great Listener and is picking up on things that I am not seeing nor hearing. She is very good at what she does.

Darla listens, encourages, and challenges me to continue to find ways to center, acknowledge, and trust what my needs are. She has established a safe space for me to be vulnerable and offers accountability with grace based on what I’ve shared my values are. I’m grateful for the the ways that our sessions have shaped my healing journey and have seen noticeable growth in myself and an improvement in my personal boundaries and relationships. She is a gifted treasure and I could not imagine my village without her contributions.

Darla has challenged me to break out of my comfort zone and embrace aspects of my life I kept in the closet for so long. I really can’t recommend her enough!

Darla really works with you and tries to consult what your currently facing and it's an excellent ear.

Darla is a very experienced therapist She helps me get to know more about myself

Darla has been very helpful in helping me understand things about myself. She’s helped me realign my thinking in more positive and constructive ways.

Darla is very intuitive, compassionate, and patient. I am very grateful for her help and guidance. It has made a huge difference in my life and helped me to adapt and grow with all of life's changes.

Darla is a great counselor to work with. She offers patience, kindness, and reassurance in all of our sessions. As part of the LGBTQ+ community, I feel seen and heard in our sessions when I bring up topics around this part of my life. Darla's approach is to teach you lifelong lessons, a lot of which I have saved in my personal journals to reflect on long after our sessions. She helped me to reframe my thinking to a more positive outlook. She suggested various resources outside of our sessions to support my journey as well, such as workbooks/worksheets and mindfulness apps and activities. She truly cares about you as a person which makes it very easy to open up to her. She will let you talk about things when you're ready but will also ask you tough questions to get you thinking. This is the most success I have had with a counselor to date. I am truly grateful for Darla.

She’s awesome

Darla has been AMAZING with giving me support in areas that I have struggled. Darla has been great at helping me learn ways go cope with my anxiety surrounding so many different things. Darla is well rounded in experiences so it's easy to talk to her about anything

Over the past 8 months, Darla has helped me process some major life changes (I got married, relocated cross country, had to quit my old job and start a new career). Her insights and guidance have supported me through these transitions and she's given me great awareness of old patterns that no longer serve me. Every session I walk away with a valuable nugget to take with me into the next week. I've learned how to catch my anxious thoughts and reframe them to be more helpful, positive, and realistic. My social anxiety has decreased significantly and I'm more comfortable and compassionate with myself - rather than holding myself to a "perfect" standard. We've worked a lot on expectations and healing childhood wounds. I've experienced great personal growth - I see it and feel it within myself. She creates a safe space, asks tough, meaningful questions, and is both supportive and honest.

Darla is thoughtful and thorough in her therapy sessions. She is able to hold me accountable when I’m being inconsistent and does it in a way where I don’t feel like I’m being aggressively confronted. Her check ins feel like reminders to prioritize my integrity and wellness and I’ve been able to make progress with boundaries and self esteem, something i was struggling with in most of my relationships (personal and professional). She is relatable, knowledgeable, and it is clear she cares about helping people commit to being their best selves. She also helps me not vilify myself and have grace.

Darla is compassionate and knows how to make well educated suggestions.

Does a great job

I have been working with Darla for just over 6months now and I cannot thank her enough. I enjoy my sessions with her and as someone who never wanted to "be that guy who has therapy" I am so glad that I did and that I got to work with Darla. I have seen such an improvement in my anxiety and depression. I have learned a lot about who I am and what has shaped me to this day. I have learned skills to help myself control my negative thinking and calm myself down. I cannot recommend her enough.

Darla is so caring and understanding I really felt comfortable sharing my most inner thoughts and feelings with her. I feel like a new woman after working with her!

Our interactions have just started, but it really feels like Darla makes the effort to meet her clients where they are at in their journey or recovery process. She creates an open space for dialogue, in a non-judge mental environment. She’s patient and she’s kind. I look forward to the weeks and work ahead with her. I have hope for the first time in awhile, and I hope this process helps me to understand myself and my situation in a way that will be constructive. Grateful to be matched with Darla.

Darla listens to you and gives you a chance to fully express whatever is on your mind. She makes great suggestions and is willing to be straight forward with you in a gentle manner of speaking. She’s helped me a lot with my anxiety and is helping me manage my intrusive and negative thoughts. Thankful for God giving me a counselor who really understands cares and is empathetic to my situation.

I’m new to therapy, and I’ve been so happy working with Darla so far! After only a few sessions it feels like she really knows me, and I love how sincere she is. She’s so kind, and she has made me less nervous about being in therapy, and working on me in general

Action based which I love! A great listener and very kind.

Darla is easy to talk to. She is very knowledgeable and very willing to address any concerns I may have. I look forward to our sessions! I love learning different ways to become healthy in my thinking and she does a great job of explaining the reasoning behind my thoughts and how to correct and adjust them.

Darla has been an amazingly understanding and helpful psychologist for me. she starts off seeming like she doesn’t have the ability to push you to get to the hard stuff which i’m sure she does so you can feel safe to actually get things out that you feel you can but she is more than capable of pushing you if you need her too so don’t let that worry you like it did me at the start. she has had the ability to read in between the lines, how i work and what i need to get through my defences that i have put up around my mind. i can’t recommend her enough, i’m sure if you need a softer touch she is also capable of doing that also.

Darla is very attentive and she always makes me feel heard and understood. At the same tine we make progress on addressing the core issue instead of just putting a bandaid on immediate problems but not addressing long term plans. She’s a professional and excellent counselor to work with. I’d highly recommend her to anyone who is seeking help.

Darla has been so helpful in working with me to find my goals and what I need to work on most. She is understanding and encouraging, and makes me feel like my growth is something to celebrate! Would highly recommend her to anyone, especially someone just starting therapy (as was my case). :)

Darla is very sweet and kind. She makes you feel like you are not alone. She will commiserate with you and even share her own stories of her own life.

Darla has been an eye opening joy and success for my growth I will continue to use her therapeutic ways to continue to help guide me through the realizations of the past that lead me on this path through this journey. Thank you so much.

Darla has been willing to do things at my pace while still moving forward. She is patient, understanding, and eager to help.

My time with Darla has been great, she really helped me realize my position in my life and made me think about it from a different perspective.

Darla was incredibly kind and open during our sessions. I truly would've liked to continue with the work we were doing. I appreciate her generous spirit, and her supportive practice.

Darla is a great counselor who makes me feel comfortable in sharing the issues I need to work on.

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