Bonnie Define, LPC

Bonnie Define is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 24 years of experience. She works with people facing relationship struggles, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, and major life changes. Bonnie also helps with intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career questions, and issues tied to trauma and abuse.

Bonnie uses straightforward conversation and practical steps in sessions. She listens first, then helps clients name what is most urgent. Sessions focus on skills people can try between meetings and on small changes that build momentum.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered listening, mindfulness, solution-focused problem solving, and trauma-focused strategies. That mix lets her match methods to what a person needs day to day. She explains tools plainly and coaches people on how to use them in real life.

Bonnie trained in counseling and has worked in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, nonprofit agencies, and private practice. She has supported people through divorce, crisis situations, and long-term mental health struggles. Her background gives experience with both short-term goals and longer healing work.

People meet with Bonnie to sort through family of origin issues, communication and commitment problems, codependency, caregiver stress, and feelings of emptiness or abandonment. She aims to make therapy practical and doable so clients can move forward at their own pace.

How Bonnie’s approaches work online

Bonnie often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and to practice small behavior changes that reduce anxiety or lift mood. CBT is useful for depression, stress, and everyday worry.

She also relies on client-centered listening that focuses on understanding a person’s experience and building trust. That approach helps when someone needs space to process grief, relationship pain, or life transitions. Mindfulness practices are used to calm the body and bring attention back to the present moment, which can reduce reactivity and improve coping.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Bonnie will talk with each person about goals, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust the plan based on what is helpful. The intention is to find practical tools that work for someone’s day-to-day life.

Online sessions can make therapy easier to fit into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are available for brief updates, written reflection, or ongoing support between sessions. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on useful skills and steady progress.