- Client-Centered approach
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness practices
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth McKinley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 27 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing depression, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, anxiety, and the pressures of caregiving and parenting. She also lists guilt and shame among areas of focus and helps clients who are wrestling with those feelings.
She favors practical conversation and steady support. Sessions often focus on what is happening now and on small changes that can reduce overwhelm. She draws on Client-Centered methods to listen closely and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that keep someone stuck.
Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, trauma recovery, and family dynamics. That experience informs how she responds to abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family issues, and grief. She pays attention to how past family of origin experiences shape present choices.
Elizabeth uses elements of the Gottman Method when relationship skills are needed, and mindfulness practices when tension or persistent anxiety are present. She keeps explanations grounded and offers concrete strategies for coping with stress, dissociation, or emotional numbness.
People meet with her to sort through big life changes, to address depressive symptoms, or to repair relationship communication. She also supports those dealing with compassion fatigue and caregiver strain. Before booking, confirm current session formats and scheduling details.
How Elizabeth uses therapy approaches online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on attentive listening and reflecting what matters to the client. It helps people clarify their own goals and feel understood before trying changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and for reducing repetitive guilt or shame by testing unhelpful beliefs.
Existential Therapy encourages looking at values, meaning, and personal responsibility. It can help when someone is facing big life changes or questions about purpose.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and preferences rather than assuming one way is right for everyone.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals commonly use these practical advantages to maintain continuity of care and to adjust the pace and tools used in sessions.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
27+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with depression, trauma and abuse, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, parenting stress, and related family issues. Guilt and shame are noted as specific areas she addresses.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses Client-Centered listening alongside Cognitive Behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns. Mindfulness practices are also used to reduce the immediate intensity of shame or guilt.
What experience does she bring to complex cases?
She has 27 years of clinical experience working with mood disorders, trauma recovery, and family dynamics. That background informs her work with abandonment, dissociation, and caregiver stress.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado and practices there.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are provided.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.