Elizabeth McKinley, LPC
Therapist in Colorado
Elizabeth McKinley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 27 years of experience.
- License LPC.0016009 · Colorado Expires August 2027
- NPI 1669124111 · national registry
- Experience and languages 27+ years in practice English
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About Elizabeth
Elizabeth McKinley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 27 years of experience. She combines practical tools with a warm, straightforward style to help people facing stress, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. She focuses on clear goals and step-by-step change.
Sessions often include skills to manage anxiety, mood, and overwhelming reactions. She also helps people cope with grief, caregiver strain, and the long-term effects of abuse. Elizabeth draws on approaches like the Gottman Method and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address how people relate to others and how thoughts shape mood.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered and mindfulness techniques to slow things down and notice what matters in daily life. Many clients come with family-of-origin issues, blended family concerns, or challenges around adoption and foster care. Elizabeth pays attention to patterns such as codependency, avoidance, and commitment worries, and helps clients build clearer boundaries and healthier habits.
Her work with complex mood conditions includes practical strategies for bipolar disorder and chronic depression. She supports people through life transitions such as divorce, aging, or disaster recovery, helping them find steady daily routines and better self-care. Elizabeth talks plainly in sessions and sets realistic steps clients can try between meetings.
She asks what matters most, tailors simple exercises, and tracks progress so people see change over time.
Credentials
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0016009 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1669124111 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Elizabeth names
- Gottman Method
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the approaches Elizabeth names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
How therapeutic methods work online
Elizabeth often uses the Gottman Method to help people examine interaction patterns and rebuild healthier ways of relating. That approach looks at communication habits, emotional connection, and practical skill-building to reduce repeated conflict and improve understanding.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and shift thinking patterns that worsen mood and anxiety. CBT gives clear, short exercises to test new thoughts and behaviors, which many people find useful between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy complements these methods by keeping the conversation focused on the client's priorities and lived experience rather than following a rigid agenda.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to goals, try methods together, and adjust based on what helps most. This collaborative process means the plan can change as needs shift.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports short, ongoing communication. These options let people continue work from multiple settings and keep progress moving between meetings.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people coping with depression, bipolar challenges, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, and relationship issues.
What is her general therapy style?
She blends practical skill-building with a client-centered attitude, using tools to change unhelpful thoughts and habits while listening to each person's story.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 27 years of professional experience working with mood disorders, trauma recovery, and interpersonal dynamics.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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