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Rev. Larry Payne, LPC

  • Experience15 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Grief, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Larry

Rev. Larry Payne is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who centers therapy on Internal Family Systems alongside other evidence-based approaches.

Background and approach

He brings 15 years of licensed counseling experience and a broader lifetime in helping professions to guide clients through difficult transitions and emotional challenges. His practice emphasizes pacing each person’s work according to their needs while offering practical tools to improve daily functioning and life satisfaction.

He has supported people dealing with grief, depression, anxiety, trauma and relationship struggles, often integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy when useful. He also addresses concerns such as stress, parenting and career pressures, compassion fatigue, and longer-term issues like midlife transitions, caregiving burdens, and end-of-life planning.

Spiritual perspectives are treated with respect and may be incorporated when they support a client’s goals. Rev.

Payne aims to combine compassion, insight, and clinical skill to help clients develop new viewpoints, change unhelpful patterns, and build practical coping strategies. Prospective clients are encouraged to move at a comfortable pace as they work toward clearer purpose, restored functioning, and better quality of life.

Integrating Approaches Online with Internal Parts Work

Internal Family Systems (IFS) views the mind as composed of different parts and helps clients notice, understand, and gently relate to those parts to reduce internal conflict and promote healing; it can be helpful for trauma, ongoing anxiety, and entrenched patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete skills for managing symptoms like depression and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages clarifying values and taking committed action while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings, which supports coping with life changes and finding purpose.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative; the therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and presenting concerns to determine whether IFS, CBT, ACT, or a combination fits best. This process is flexible and may evolve as therapy progresses so that techniques match what a client finds most helpful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to attend from home in Texas. These formats support continuity of care and allow therapists and clients to work together consistently while using the described therapeutic methods to address grief, anxiety, trauma, stress, and related concerns.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
He works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, parenting and career challenges, and compassion fatigue.
What is the therapist's general approach to treatment?
Therapy emphasizes Internal Family Systems alongside CBT and ACT tools to explore internal parts, reshape unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and build values-based coping strategies.
How much clinical experience does this therapist have?
The provider has 15 years of experience as a licensed counselor and additional decades in helping professions prior to licensing.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor with license TX LPC 64754 and practices in Texas.
Are sessions available in languages other than English or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to their needs and scheduling.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process for getting started with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisPost-traumatic stress

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Solution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

15+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English