About Nathaniel
Nathaniel (Nate) Lamkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 24 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, grief, stress, and major life changes. He draws on a long history in hospice, palliative care, and oncology social work to guide conversations about illness, loss, and difficult decisions. Nate keeps sessions straightforward and practical.
He helps people learn coping skills, reduce worry, and build resilience. He also offers coaching-style support for workplace challenges and career concerns.
Background and approach
In the room he focuses on what each person needs right now. He uses tools from client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small changes. Mindfulness techniques are used to calm the body and attention when anxiety or stress flare up.
His background includes many years supporting people through serious illness, hospice, and end-of-life issues. That work shaped an ability to hold difficult conversations and to help people plan ahead when choices feel overwhelming. Clients can expect a collaborative style that blends practical problem-solving with emotional support.
Nate also draws on executive leadership coaching experience to help with workplace stress and career transitions. He practices in Colorado and conducts sessions in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Nate often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening carefully and following the person’s lead. That approach helps people name what matters most and set goals that feel doable. Cognitive-behavioral therapy, another key method he uses, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and tests small changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nate treats the choice as a collaboration and tailors techniques to the person’s needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills practice, emotional processing, or short-term problem solving depending on what the client wants to accomplish.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are useful for full sessions that include visual cues and real-time interaction. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a change of scenery is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins, brief coaching, or continued support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the therapeutic focus on coping skills, managing anxiety, and making steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Grief
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
Also listed
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Men's issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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