Colleen Duncan

Colleen Duncan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oregon with 14 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, changes in life direction, relationship struggles, intimacy-related concerns, and questions about life purpose.

Her sessions focus on collaboration and clear goals. She uses straightforward, practical steps and helps people break down problems into manageable tasks. Colleen draws on approaches that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered methods.

Colleen often helps people who have experienced trauma or abuse and those coping with caregiving stress, abandonment, body image or eating concerns, and challenges related to ADHD. She also works with people navigating divorce or separation, immigration-related stress, loneliness, and the strain of parenting.

In practice she emphasizes setting concrete steps and checking progress each session. Conversations are aimed at identifying small, sustainable changes rather than quick fixes. She combines skills training, values-focused exercises, and talk-based work to address both immediate symptoms and longer-term patterns.

People who are unsure what comes next often start by clarifying what matters to them now. From there she helps develop short-term plans and coping strategies to manage anxiety or overwhelm while also exploring meaning and life purpose at a practical level.

How her approaches guide online work

Colleen uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take small actions toward them, even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is often useful for people who feel stuck on what matters next and want steps that align with their priorities.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework to try between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colleen treats deciding what methods to use as a collaborative process. She will discuss what seems most useful based on the client’s goals, current challenges, and preferences, and adjust approach as needed.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and use video or audio depending on what feels most practical. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises and skill practice to work well in remote sessions so therapy can be integrated into everyday life.