Colleen Neuer

Colleen Neuer is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 21 years of combined experience in clinical and school settings. She focuses on practical help for everyday problems like anxiety, anger, relationship strain, parenting stress, and career transitions. Colleen aims to make sessions approachable and useful from the first meeting.

She spent many years as a school counselor and has also worked closely with families, bringing that background into conversations about parenting and family concerns. Her clinical experience centers on helping people manage stress, cope with life changes, and find clearer ways to communicate in relationships.

Colleen’s style is warm and down-to-earth, with a sense of humor when it fits. She uses client-centered methods to listen and adapt to what each person needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way and to practice new ways of responding.

Solution-Focused Therapy is part of her approach for people who want short-term, goal-oriented work. In sessions she helps people set realistic steps and notice progress. The emphasis is on usable skills that can be practiced between meetings.

Her overall aim is that people leave sessions feeling heard, with concrete tools to handle anger, anxiety, parenting challenges, or major life changes. Colleen encourages collaboration so goals are clear and attainable.

How Colleen’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-Centered Therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the person's lead. This approach centers the session on what matters most to the client and helps build a collaborative relationship. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, anger, and depression symptoms.

Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes setting short-term goals and identifying small steps that move someone toward those goals. It can be useful when a person wants focused, skills-based work and clear progress markers. Together these approaches let the therapist adjust how sessions run based on each person's needs and goals.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy itself. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods feel most useful and will tailor sessions to match goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where plans are revisited and changed as needed.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also allow more flexible scheduling around work or family commitments without promising a specific format.