Nancy Manly , LPC

Nancy Manly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 21 years of clinical experience helping people navigate complex life challenges. She brings focused expertise in areas such as stress and anxiety, addictions and substance use, grief and loss, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, ADHD, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. Her practice also addresses related concerns including abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, and end-of-life and hospice journeys.

Nancy combines a warm, compassionate, and honest style with a strengths-based orientation that treats each person as the expert on their own life. She explains that therapy is a collaborative process in which she offers professional guidance rooted in mental health science while clients bring their knowledge of personal experience and values. Her work pairs concrete, evidence-informed strategies with supportive, individualized care aimed at sustainable change.

Her clinical approach draws on several well-established therapies - including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy - woven together to fit each person’s needs. She focuses on practical skills, emotional processing, and shifting unhelpful patterns so clients can better manage feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and take meaningful steps toward valued goals.

Clients have described Nancy as calming, empathetic, respectful, insightful, accepting, trustworthy, and wise. Many have called her "a gifted guide who companions to healing" and "a gifted listener who hears the heart beyond the words." Her aim is to walk alongside people at their pace, helping them reduce distress while increasing joy, resilience, and life satisfaction.

Approach-Focused Care Through Online Therapy

Nancy Manly integrates several evidence-informed therapies to tailor care to each person. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and build psychological flexibility so they can act in line with their values even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise - this approach is often helpful for anxiety, avoidance, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, offering practical tools for depression, anxiety, and stress management. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship to create a safe space for self-exploration and growth - it can be especially useful for building self-worth and repairing relationships.

Nancy approaches treatment collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right therapeutic fit is part of the work. She will partner with each person to select and adapt methods based on individual needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility that supports busy schedules, geographic distance, and varied comfort levels with communication. These formats make it easier to engage consistently, practice skills between sessions, and access licensed professionals from wherever clients are located.