About Colleen
Colleen Clark is a licensed clinician in Maryland with 10 years of professional experience. She offers calm, straightforward support for people managing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, parenting pressures, and depression. Colleen aims to make the first step feel manageable and praises the courage it takes to begin.
In sessions she creates an open space for sharing thoughts and feelings without judgment. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small, practical steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
She uses a blend of approaches to help clients notice patterns, test new habits, and strengthen coping skills. Colleen draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try different responses. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify personal values and commit to actions that matter.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationships and patterns that go back to early connections. Her style is direct but compassionate. She helps people break problems into manageable parts and practices skills in session so they feel familiar.
Parents will find straightforward strategies for everyday challenges and ways to reduce stress around caregiving. Sessions may include short skill-building exercises, reflective conversation, and planning simple experiments to test new ways of coping. Colleen emphasizes collaboration and clear steps so progress can be tracked over time.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take steps that match their values. This approach can be helpful for anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes to reduce symptoms like worry or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at relationship patterns that began early in life and helps people change how they relate to others and to themselves.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs and preferences. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what works best for you.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into busy days. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, and chat or text can help with quick reflections between sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the work focused on concrete skills and steps you can use in daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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