Amber Rentfro (Dealy) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri.
01About Amber
Amber Rentfro (Dealy) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. She came to counseling after facing her own struggles and uses that lived experience to inform how she listens and supports others. Amber focuses on helping people who are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and stress.
She also works with concerns like addiction, self-esteem, and relationship problems. Amber combines approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with a client-centered style.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and practical. She aims to understand each person’s story before suggesting tools or skills. People who come to her can expect clear skill-building for managing strong emotions, strategies for coping with life changes, and guided work on patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.
Amber also addresses issues tied to attachment, abandonment, adoption and foster care, and caregiving stress. She pays attention to how mood disorders and co-occurring problems interact. Her background includes three years of professional experience as an LPC working in Missouri settings.
Amber has worked with people facing complex and persistent challenges and draws on that experience to tailor care. She values honesty, direct feedback, and gentle challenge when it helps someone grow. Therapy with Amber is collaborative.
She helps people name goals, try different skills, and notice what changes. Communication is straightforward and paced to each person's needs.
02Credentials
- LPC (Missouri)
- License 2018041816 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1609346667 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amber lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Amber names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Amber names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Amber’s Approaches Work Online
Amber commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also offers Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and learning better ways to communicate under pressure. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is another option she uses to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amber will talk with each person about goals, try different tools, and adjust methods based on what helps. She treats the selection of techniques as a collaborative process rather than a fixed plan.
Online therapy with Amber is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and teaching of skills. Phone calls can fit a quick check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support shorter updates, tracking progress, and flexible communication between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Amber help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar disorder, depression, addictions, LGBT concerns, relationship and parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem, career issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Amber uses a client-centered approach combined with practical therapies such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and EMDR. Sessions focus on understanding the person, teaching skills, and working toward concrete goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor working with people who face complex and persistent mental health challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start therapy with her?
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