Toni Kooy , LPC

Toni Kooy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who brings a broad, lived experience to therapeutic work. She approaches counseling with nonjudgmental, supportive listening and collaborates with clients to identify sources of distress, uncover strengths, and set both short-term and long-term goals to guide treatment. Toni emphasizes practical strategies alongside emotional processing, helping people move through loss, trauma, and life transitions toward improved well-being.

Toni has a background in substance abuse and community mental health and has worked with clients ranging in age from 4 to 80. Her training includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling, both from the University of Colorado, and she has received specialized training in trauma treatment, including EMDR. In practice she draws on dialectical behavior therapy to build self-esteem, decision-making, emotion regulation, and relationship skills, and on cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and modify unhelpful thinking patterns.

Her clinical experience spans rural and urban community settings, and her prior work as a musician, construction worker, nanny, homemaker, and assembly worker informs a flexible, nonjudgmental perspective in sessions. Toni aims to support clients through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and career concerns, mood disorders including bipolar, panic, and related challenges. She is not currently accepting clients.

How Toni's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on building practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and self-respect. In online sessions these skills are taught and practiced through structured exercises and collaborative planning to help clients handle intense emotions and improve relationships.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced, goal-supporting thoughts. Online CBT typically involves guided reflection, homework between sessions, and clear tools for addressing anxiety, depression, and negative thought cycles.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-informed approach that helps people process distressing memories. When appropriate, elements of EMDR-informed trauma work can be adapted for remote sessions with careful pacing and collaborative preparation.

Determining the right approach is a collaborative process. Toni works with clients to understand their goals, preferences, and needs, and she tailors methods accordingly so therapy feels practical and relevant. Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - offer flexibility for scheduling, make it easier to maintain continuity of care across life demands, and allow therapists and licensed professionals to use the same evidence-informed techniques in ways that fit each client’s life.