About Coleen
Coleen Lachowitzer is a licensed independent mental health practitioner (LIMHP) in Nebraska who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, and life transitions. She approaches each person as the expert on their own story and focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day. Coleen aims to make the first steps toward change feel more doable and less overwhelming.
She draws on methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people notice patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
Attachment-based and client-centered ideas shape how she builds trust and listens to what matters most. Dialectical behavior strategies are used when stronger emotion regulation skills are needed. Coleen keeps sessions straightforward.
She helps clients set small, achievable goals and practices skills during or between sessions. The work often includes talking through difficult moments, learning coping tools, and making plans that fit real life. Her background includes six years of professional experience working in mental health settings.
That practical experience informs how she balances immediate needs with longer-term change. She works with adults and people of school age who want help navigating mood, behavior, or addiction concerns. Coleen offers care in English and is based in Nebraska.
She accepts international clients and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on her availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions tied to their values. It can reduce avoidance and increase willingness to try new behaviors when anxiety or depression feels limiting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and replacing them with practical strategies that change mood and routines.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and needs, and together they will decide which methods to emphasize. That collaborative process makes it easier to adapt techniques to the person rather than forcing a single style.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video lets people read facial cues and practice skills in a conversational way. Phone sessions can be a good match when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging work for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or for people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Nebraska
- Languages
- English
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