About Colleen
Colleen Prendergast, LPC, helps people working through stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She also supports those facing addictions, relationship strain, career doubts, mood disorders, and the everyday toll of caregiving and burnout. Her first focus is making the person feel heard and respected.
Colleen draws on a blend of practical approaches rather than a single method. Sessions are often collaborative, with clear goals and skill-building. She uses techniques that help people recognize unhelpful patterns, manage strong emotions, and try new ways of responding to stress.
Background and approach
Her practice includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness work, and client-centered strategies. Colleen adapts these methods to fit each person’s situation instead of applying one plan to everyone. That makes it easier to focus on immediate concerns like panic, intrusive thoughts, or overwhelming sadness.
Colleen has worked in the field for 18 years and holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Wisconsin. Her background includes grief work, expressive therapy techniques, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and therapy-informed yoga practices. These options are woven into sessions when they match a person’s needs.
People can expect a warm, straightforward approach geared toward practical change. Colleen emphasizes trust, acceptance, and clear steps to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. She helps people build skills so they can move forward with more confidence and purpose.
How Colleen’s Methods Work Online
Colleen uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people manage anxiety and overwhelming thoughts. ACT emphasizes noticing difficult feelings and committing to values-based actions so life can feel more meaningful despite discomfort. CBT focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior and practicing concrete skills to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.She also uses client-centered techniques to build trust and make sessions feel collaborative. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist and client work together to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in real life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction for skill coaching and emotion work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler for check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options provide flexibility while keeping the focus on practical skills and encouraging steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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