About Kolbe
Kolbe Gray is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. She works with clients who feel stuck during life changes and wants to help them find steadiness again. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at small, doable steps that add up over time.
Gray emphasizes that clients understand their own stories and already hold strengths to build on. She listens for what matters most and tailors sessions to the person sitting across from her.
Background and approach
Expect clear goals, hands-on tools, and check-ins on progress during appointments. Over eight years of practice, Gray has worked with many people coping with trauma, social anxiety, and the fallout from substance-related problems. She draws on methods that address unhelpful thoughts and memories that keep people stuck.
That experience helps her choose strategies that fit each client's situation. Sessions combine skill practice with real conversation about what gets in the way of feeling better. She guides clients through techniques for reducing anxiety, managing cravings, and rebuilding confidence.
Work may include small behavior changes, thought work, or targeted memory processing when appropriate. Gray is licensed in Pennsylvania as an LPC. She offers sessions in English and uses a straightforward style meant to make therapy feel usable in everyday life.
How CBT and EMDR work in online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems active. In sessions clients practice new ways of responding to stress and anxiety and learn simple skills to try between meetings.EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is an approach that helps people process upsetting memories and reduce their emotional hold. When used carefully it can lessen the intensity of traumatic reactions and make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and together decide whether CBT, EMDR, or a mix makes the most sense. That plan can change as progress is made and needs shift.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and guided processing. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or to fit brief exchanges into a busy day. These options make it simpler to get ongoing support that fits a person's schedule and day-to-day life.
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- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania, Oregon
- Languages
- English