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Bridge Cunningham, MS, LPC, is a licensed professional counselor and the founder of Bridging the Gap Counseling, LLC, based in Springfield, Missouri. They believe healing comes from being courageous enough to show up as your whole self, and that it can be hard to imagine letting yourself just be you.
As a queer and a-spec person living in the Midwest who has walked their own trauma-healing journey, Bridge brings a heart-level understanding to the work. Their entire goal is to offer a non-judgmental space where clients can explore the parts of themselves they find scary so they can heal and feel like their own best friend. For life.
Working together, Bridge and their clients dive into conversations and use methods like EMDR to challenge what the rest of the world has taught them to believe about themselves. They laugh together, cry together, and develop the skills to thrive. Your story matters. You should feel like it does, and Bridge can help you get there.
The practice
What working with Bridge looks like.
Trauma-informed therapy in plain language. A non-judgmental space to explore what feels scary. Always meeting you where you actually are.
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Focus
Specialty area.
Individual therapy for adults across Missouri. EMDR for trauma. Gender-affirming healthcare and free gender-affirming healthcare letters available regardless of location. Particular focus on queer adults seeking trauma-informed care, transgender and gender non-conforming folks exploring their identity, aromantic and asexual folks, and neurodivergent clients.
What is affirming
Your story, used as context.
Uses the names and pronouns you use. Meets clients in their actual life, not an idealized version. Flags the places law or policy still lags, and builds around them.
On paper
Credentials.
Licenses, affiliations, and practice years. All verified at member intake and reaffirmed annually.
PCN
Role at PCN
Licensed Professional Counselor
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Division
Mental Health
MO
Based in
Springfield, MO
Pronouns
They/Them
Status
Active Partner
How to work with Bridge
Services.
Individual Therapy for Adults
One-on-one, trauma-informed therapy for adult clients across Missouri. A non-judgmental space to explore the parts of yourself you find scary, heal, and develop the skills to thrive.
Schedule a Consultation →EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for clients working through trauma, including c-ptsd. Helps challenge what the rest of the world has taught you to believe about yourself.
Schedule a Consultation →Referral info
Refer someone to Bridge.
How Bridge prefers referrals, what they handle well, and how to pass the intro.
PCN role
Service Provider, Passive Referral Partner
Best way to refer
Form submissionbridge@btg-counseling.com
Response time
24 to 48 hours
Referral compensation
Not allowed in industry
Self-pay or major insurances accepted (United, Aetna, BCBS, Oscar, Cigna, etc.). Medicaid and Medicare are not accepted. Free gender-affirming healthcare letters available to anyone, regardless of location.
Ideal referrals
- Queer adults seeking trauma-informed care
- Transgender and gender non-conforming folks exploring their identity and coping with the current state of the world
- Aromantic and asexual folks
- Neurodivergent folks seeking support
- Self-pay or major insurance clients (United, Aetna, BCBS, Oscar, Cigna, etc.)
Better fit elsewhere
- Youth under 18
- Couples
- Clients located outside of Missouri
- Substance use, schizophrenia and related disorders, personality disorders, or OCD
- Medicaid or Medicare pay sources
Info needed to refer
Required:Full name, contact info, brief summary of need, location/state, preferred appointment times
How to send:Coordinate through PCN via Client Concierge
Next step
Request an introduction.
Tell us a bit about what you are working on. A council member reads every request and sends a warm intro so Bridge has context before the first call. It is always free.
Open the referral form →
Two ways in.
If you need a professional, request an introduction. It is free and the lookup is fast. If you are a professional who would take referrals, the application takes about ten minutes.