Louis Koch, LSCSW, LCSW
Kansas · 40 years in practice
Louis Koch is a licensed social worker with 40 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- LSCSW, Kansas
- LSCSW 0278 · expires December 2027
- LCSW, Missouri
- 002911 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1386855831 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Louis
Louis Koch is a licensed social worker with 40 years of professional experience. He practices in Kansas and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship challenges. He emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk honestly about what’s going on in their lives.
He uses practical methods that match each person's needs. Sessions often involve talking through current problems, learning coping skills, and experimenting with small changes between meetings.
Background and approach
Hypnotherapy is one of the approaches he uses when it fits a client's goals. Louis combines client-centered work with cognitive-behavioral techniques and emotion-focused methods. That blend helps people address unhelpful patterns, regulate strong emotions, and improve communication in close relationships.
He also draws on skills from dialectical behavior therapy when someone needs support managing intense feelings. People come to him for a wide range of concerns, including grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, career stress, and ADHD. He also offers help with more specific topics such as kink and alternative sexual cultures, aging issues, and first responder stress.
Sessions aim to be down-to-earth and goal oriented. The first meetings focus on what the client hopes to change, and later sessions follow a pace that feels manageable. He encourages small, practical steps that add up to meaningful progress.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Louis lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Hypnotherapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what the client says, helping people feel heard and understood while they clarify their own goals. This approach works well for issues like self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and coping with stress.
Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to help someone access different mental states for change. It can be used alongside talking therapies to address habits, anxiety, or sleep concerns when a client and therapist agree it might help.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
Online sessions offer flexibility in how people meet. Video calls let participants work face to face from different locations, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and live chat or text-based messaging can support brief check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue care when in-person visits are difficult.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Louis address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, grief, intimacy and relationship issues, and many other life challenges listed in his specialties.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He offers a respectful, nonjudgmental space and uses practical techniques. Sessions focus on talking through problems and learning skills to handle stressful moments.
What is his professional background?
He holds LSCSW and LCSW credentials and brings 40 years of professional work experience to his practice.
Where does he practice and what are his credentials?
He practices in Kansas and is licensed as a KS LSCSW and a MO LCSW as noted.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and starting steps handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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