Colleen Davern, LPCC

Colleen Davern is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Minnesota with ten years of practice experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or low self-esteem. She also supports those working through addictions and the everyday strain of life changes. Her approach is respectful and straightforward, focused on clear goals and doable steps.

Colleen adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's situation. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts and actions connect, and she draws on client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in the person's own priorities. Motivational Interviewing is part of her toolkit when people need help finding the drive to change.

Sessions aim to be practical. Colleen helps people name small, manageable changes and practice new ways of coping. She works with concerns such as attachment and abandonment issues, communication struggles, caregiver stress, and co-occurring conditions that complicate recovery.

Colleen has experience addressing topics that are sometimes hard to bring up, including identity and intimacy questions such as BDSM and kink, experiences of domestic violence, and challenges first responders may face. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, impulsivity, and feelings of emptiness.

Her style is compassionate and direct. People looking for a plan-focused, supportive conversation about real problems will find a practical partner in Colleen. To begin, people follow the site steps to match and schedule a session.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Colleen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing everyday stress. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening and aligning sessions around what matters most to the person. That approach helps people feel heard and steer the work toward their priorities.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client talk about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. From there they decide whether strategies from CBT, client-centered work, or motivational interviewing will be most helpful, and they adjust the plan as needed.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging can help people track progress between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.