Salena Manaois, LPC

Salena Manaois is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 20 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and questions about identity. Salena offers straightforward support and practical tools for everyday struggles.

Her work centers on listening first and then building clear steps forward. Sessions focus on skills that can be used between meetings, such as coping techniques, behavior changes, and ways to manage cravings or intense emotions. She also offers guidance for people dealing with grief, intimacy concerns, or parenting stress.

Salena draws on several approaches to match each person's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and commit to meaningful action. She also uses client-centered methods and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing when useful.

Her background includes work with veterans, first responders, people exploring gender identity, and hospice-related issues. That experience informs how she supports people through transition, trauma, and end-of-life concerns. Salena practices in Colorado and conducts sessions in English.

Practical matters are handled simply. Therapy sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short questionnaire matches people to a therapist and then sessions are scheduled according to availability.

How Salena’s Approaches Work Online

Salena often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT focuses on simple experiments and practice between sessions to reduce anxiety, depression, and addictive patterns.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps toward those values. ACT supports coping with difficult feelings while still moving toward meaningful life goals. Client-centered methods are used to make space for each person’s experience and to build a trusting working relationship.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Salena will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. The aim is practical work that feels useful in daily life, not a one-size-fits-all program.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and skills coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to get support between sessions or on a tighter schedule. These options make therapy flexible and easier to fit into work, caregiving, or travel demands.