Ladue · Frontenac · Town and Country
Discretion and your concerns and hopes for change
For adults balancing private concerns with family, leadership, and professional life.
View this service area →Focused work · Private pay
Private-Pay Counseling in St. Louis.
For adults who want help with stress, relationships, family life, unwanted patterns, questions of purpose, or faith. You can begin with what is happening; we can work out what needs attention together.
The practice model
Counseling with room to understand your life.
New Pathways offers private-pay counseling with Brian Bachman, MA, LPC. Individual sessions are $275 for 50 minutes. Insurance is not accepted or billed. We discuss frequency together; appointments are often biweekly or monthly when that fits your needs.
Private pay means the practice does not bill an insurer for your care. It lets us make counseling decisions without that payment process. Professional confidentiality still applies, along with its legal limits; paying privately does not mean there are no records or obligations.
Access
Ballwin office · Missouri telehealth · Limited on-site appointments$275 / 50 minutes · On-site $375 / 50 minutes
A deliberate fit
You can be capable and still need somewhere to talk.
You may carry substantial responsibility at work or at home while feeling overwhelmed, lonely, or unsure what you want. Counseling offers a place to examine those experiences and make changes you can recognize outside the appointment.
Session50 minutes
Standard rate$275 private pay
Typical rhythmBiweekly or monthly
Specialties
Ways we can work together.
01 · EMDREMDR Counseling
Focused work on a specific memory, adverse experience, relational injury, or persistent body-level response.
02 · Discreet specialtyPornography & Compulsive Sexual BehaviorDirect, non-shaming counseling for repeated behavior, secrecy, relapse, and relationship damage.
03 · Personal growthRelationships & Personal GrowthWork on a recurring personal or relational pattern, difficult transition, or self-defeating response.
04 · Faith-integrated careChristian CounselingFocused counseling for personal, relational, behavioral, or professional concerns with Christian faith integrated when you want it.
05 · Spiritual focusFaith & Spiritual FormationFocused work when faith itself is the concern: doubt, shame, anger at God, deconstruction, church hurt, or spiritual abuse.
Common audience pathways
The concern matters more than the title—but context still matters.
Women and men come with professional pressure, parenting questions, relationship struggles, and concerns that do not fit a single category. These pages describe parts of the work, not qualifications you must meet.
Executives & professionalsPrivacy, discretion, and focused work
For executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys, physicians, business owners, pastors, and other professionals in demanding roles.
Counseling for menListening, dialogue, or a more direct approachFor men who want the counseling style to fit how they engage best while staying tied to a concern you want help understanding.
St. Louis service areas
One office, with access shaped around the region.
Meet at 625 N Meramec Station Rd in Ballwin, use telehealth while you are in Missouri, or ask about a limited on-site appointment in an appropriately private office. The service-area pages below explain access; there are no additional branch offices.
Clayton
Professional privacy
For attorneys, finance and corporate professionals, owners, and other adults in public-facing roles.
View Clayton counseling →Chesterfield · West County
Practical office access
The most direct regional connection to the Ballwin office and the full New Pathways specialty model.
View West County counseling →Wildwood · St. Albans
Flexible distance options
Missouri telehealth and limited on-site sessions when travel makes regular office visits less practical.
View western-area counseling →Know the boundary
Focused outpatient counseling—not crisis or comprehensive psychiatric care.
New Pathways does not provide crisis response, psychiatric care, medication management, detoxification, or court-mandated evaluations. Current abusive relationships require specialist support outside this practice. The consultation helps us determine whether your needs fit the care I provide.
Request ConsultNext step
Start with a conversation.
Use the 20-minute consultation to describe what is happening, ask questions, and get a sense of whether you would want to work with me.
Request ConsultChoose the service that fits what brings you here.
Counseling for parents and individual Christian counseling are individual services. Marriage and couples counseling and Christian marriage counseling are for both partners together, with separate session rates and consultations shown on those pages.