Welcome to
Andrew J. Bell Counseling
Quick Look
I work with:
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Christian Ministers
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Anxiety
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Emotion Regulation
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Childhood Trauma, including Sexual Abuse
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Attachment Issues
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Shame
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Compulsive Pornography Use
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Spiritual/Existential Issues
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Located in Kansas City, MO
Teletherapy or in-person?
Both
Accepting new clients?
Yes
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Book a session or free 15-minute consultation
What do you think is possible with 50 minutes of undivided, resolutely kind attention?
I think of counseling as an expression of hospitality that specializes in kind attention.
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The struggles that lead people into the counseling process tend to have an element of either hostile attention or the refusal of any attention at all. We so often think we'll be better if we hate, shame, or ignore whatever it is we perceive is wrong with us. I think we would do things differently if we had a better way.
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Better ways are hard to come by when we're distracted and hurried. Better ways are hard to come by when we're doing it alone.
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The counseling process, as I see it, is a protected, relational process in which we give undivided, kind attention wherever it is needed, so that the ignored may be known, the shamed may be honored, and the hated may be loved.
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Love is the better way.
Request an Appointment
Request an appointment for an in-person session at Great Oaks Therapy Center in Kansas City, or for a tele-therapy session from anywhere in Missouri.​
Rainer Maria Rilke
"Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
Contact Me
If you have any questions for me, if you want to schedule a session, or if you would like to schedule a free phone consultation, send me an email or fill out the contact form.
1511 Westport Rd., Suite A, Kansas City, MO 64111