About Elizabeth
Elizabeth McKinley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado. She brings 27 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and the hard changes life brings. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making therapy practical and understandable for busy families.
She uses client-centered work to listen first and tailor care to each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is part of her toolkit for breaking unhelpful thoughts and building new coping habits.
Background and approach
She also incorporates mindfulness to help people manage stress and stay present during difficult moments. Elizabeth has long experience with mood disorders and trauma recovery. That background informs how she supports people dealing with bipolar disorder, chronic stress, or the effects of abuse and domestic violence.
She also helps people facing relationship struggles, parenting stress, caregiving burdens, and family-of-origin issues. In sessions she focuses on practical skills and clear goals. People can expect to work on real-world strategies for managing anxiety, improving communication, and rebuilding self-esteem.
She values steady progress over quick fixes and adjusts the pace to each person's comfort. Her approach also pays attention to life transitions. Whether someone is coping with loss, divorce, adoption or aging-related concerns, she helps map a path forward.
The aim is to strengthen resilience, increase self-compassion, and make changes that fit everyday life.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Elizabeth uses Client-Centered Therapy to start. That means the therapist listens carefully and follows the person's pace and goals. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to make sense of feelings and set personal goals.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address troubling thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks problems into small, manageable steps and teaches concrete skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness is woven into sessions to help people stay grounded and reduce reactivity during emotional moments.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss different methods and tailor them to the client's needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on what helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into real life. Video lets people see facial cues and build rapport. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when a shorter touchpoint fits a busy day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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