About Colleen
Colleen Parfitt is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and concerns tied to trauma and relationships. She is an LPC with 18 years of clinical experience and speaks English. Colleen writes short, practical plans and focuses on everyday changes that make life more manageable.
She uses a calm, client-centered style. Sessions are conversational and focused on what the person needs right now. Colleen breaks problems into small steps and teaches coping skills that can be used between sessions.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses attachment issues, communication problems, control struggles, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation. She also helps with panic attacks, mood disorders, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose and self-love. The emphasis is on building resilience and clearer thinking.
Colleen blends listening with concrete tools. She helps people name patterns, try new ways of handling conflict, and practice healthier habits. Progress is tracked in simple, realistic goals.
Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Colleen is based in Pennsylvania and is not available to international clients. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions through the Start Therapy button.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Colleen uses straightforward evidence-based techniques to address symptoms and everyday problems. One approach focuses on teaching coping skills for anxiety and panic attacks, such as breathing exercises, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These skills help reduce intense moments and improve day-to-day functioning.Another element of her work targets mood and trauma-related symptoms by helping clients identify patterns in thinking and behavior, then practicing new responses. This includes short activities to shift unhelpful thoughts, build self-compassion, and improve emotion regulation for issues like depression, guilt, shame, and post-traumatic stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Colleen will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans as progress is made. Clients are involved in choosing tools and setting realistic goals together with the therapist.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varying day-to-day needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English