Works with
How Colleen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Colleen
Colleen Overholt is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and grief. She brings decades of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Colleen works with adults facing life changes, parenting strain, relationship conflict, mood concerns, and the day-to-day pressures that wear people down.
She uses a direct but empathetic style that centers each person's strengths. Sessions often include goal-setting, problem-solving, and learning new ways to respond to strong emotions.
Background and approach
Colleen encourages clients to say what they need from therapy and helps shape the work around those priorities. Her background includes many roles in community and clinical settings across California. Over more than 26 years she has been a practicing psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and program manager.
That experience informs how she organizes treatment, manages risk, and supports people through complicated situations. Colleen commonly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness exercises to build calm and focus. She also uses client-centered and psychodynamic ideas when exploring patterns that affect current relationships and behavior.
In sessions she aims to be engaged, affirming, and practical. People can expect clear structure, collaborative planning, and tools to practice between meetings. Colleen frames therapy as a process of discovering strengths and building skills to manage emotions and daily challenges.
What Colleen works with
Everything Colleen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Colleen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Colleen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Colleen commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and building a supportive relationship so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical skills to change reactions and behaviors. She also integrates mindfulness techniques that teach simple breathing and attention practices to reduce stress and manage strong feelings.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Colleen will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily life, and then suggest methods to try. She checks in regularly and adjusts the approach based on what helps most in real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversations and skill practice, while phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief sessions or follow-up notes into a busy day. These options give flexibility to work through anger, anxiety, grief, and other concerns from different settings.
Questions people ask about Colleen
What kinds of concerns does Colleen address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting strain, relationship and family issues, sleep problems, ADHD, and career or life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is empathetic and structured. She helps clients set goals, uses practical exercises, and encourages direct feedback about what is and isn’t working.
How much experience does she have?
Colleen has 26 years of clinical experience in a range of roles including psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, and program manager in California.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Colleen offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.