About Colleen
Colleen Davern is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or struggles with addictions. Colleen aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion as they begin therapy.
Colleen builds sessions around what each person needs. She listens first, then helps set clear, realistic goals. Conversations and plans are adjusted as progress is made so work feels relevant and manageable.
Background and approach
She uses practical techniques to address motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. That can include looking at patterns of thinking and behavior and trying small experiments between sessions. The goal is to find changes that fit daily life and lead to steadier coping.
Colleen also supports people facing complex or overlapping struggles such as attachment wounds, caregiver stress, substance use concerns, impulsivity, and the emotional fallout of trauma. Her approach mixes supportive listening with structured tools to reduce distress and build more reliable coping skills. For people who worry about taking the first step, she emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes.
Colleen works collaboratively so people feel involved in decisions about their care. She encourages questions and regular check-ins to make sure therapy is working for each person's goals.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's concerns. It helps people feel heard and respected while they identify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and functioning. It uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day coping.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try different techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps match tools to real-life needs and preferences.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and styles. Video lets people use visual cues and mirrors an in-person conversation. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat or text works well for quick updates, journaling between sessions, or for people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to integrate therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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