Louis Koch, LSCSW, LCSW
Kansas · 40 years in practice
Louis Koch is a licensed social worker with 40 years of clinical 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 clinical experience. He holds LSCSW and LCSW credentials and practices from Kansas. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, and issues tied to identity and intimacy.
He creates a calm, accepting space where clients can talk about difficult feelings without judgment. Sessions are conversational and grounded in the client’s real life. He emphasizes honest listening and practical steps to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
Louis draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs. He uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift patterns in close relationships. He also applies client-centered methods that put the person’s experience front and center, and cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
People come to him for help with grief, trauma, sleep and eating struggles, anger, parenting stress, career worries, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue among other issues. He also works with topics such as aging and geriatric concerns, attachment issues, and kink-informed matters in a nonjudgmental way.
Getting started is straightforward: choose the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session. Louis offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- 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 therapy approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and shift the emotional patterns that shape their close connections. Online sessions let clients bring relationship stories and emotional reactions into the conversation so they can be reflected on and changed over time.Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person speaking and their immediate experience. In virtual work this means the therapist listens without judgment and follows the client’s lead to build understanding and self-awareness.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is practical and skills-focused, aiming to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It adapts well to online formats through structured exercises, homework, and real-time feedback during calls or messaging.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with clients to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust course when something isn’t working. That collaborative planning happens early and continues throughout care.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text can fit quick check-ins or busy days. These options make it easier to keep appointments, fit therapy into work and family routines, and maintain momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can I bring to therapy?
Louis helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma and a wide range of life challenges listed in his profile.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
His style is conversational and accepting. Sessions combine listening with practical strategies so clients can try small changes between meetings.
What experience does he have?
He has 40 years of professional work experience in clinical settings and community practice.
What are his credentials and where does he practice?
He holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and practices from Kansas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
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