About Coleen
Coleen Lachowitzer is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP) based in Nebraska who supports people coping with stress and anxiety. She also helps individuals managing addictions, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, depression, and life transitions. Coleen writes in a straightforward way and focuses on practical next steps rather than jargon.
She believes people know the most about their own stories and brings that view into sessions. That means listening first, then offering techniques that match each person’s goals.
Background and approach
Coleen aims to help clients find small changes that make daily life easier and more manageable. Her approach draws on several well-known methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and acceptance work to reduce struggle with painful feelings. Skills-based strategies from dialectical behavior therapy are used when people need tools to regulate emotion and handle stressful moments.
Coleen has six years of professional experience in clinical settings in Nebraska. She holds the LIMHP credential and uses it while working with adults and people coming from different backgrounds. Sessions focus on concrete skills, clearer communication, and steady steps toward what matters to each person.
People who reach out can expect a calm, respectful tone and a focus on building strengths. The goal is to support each person’s ability to cope better, manage difficult emotions, and move toward a more satisfying daily life.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions toward what matters despite discomfort. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change them. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and stress by offering step-by-step tools to shift thinking. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Coleen will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than following a fixed script. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful, while phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins, shorter skill practice, or support between longer sessions. These options provide flexibility so therapy can continue around work, caregiving, or travel plans rather than being tied to a particular office.Questions people ask
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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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