Colette Kuznia uses practical, evidence-based work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
01About Colette
Colette Kuznia uses practical, evidence-based work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She is an LPCC - licensed professional clinical counselor in Minnesota with 35 years of experience. Colette invites straightforward conversation and helps clients set clear goals for change.
Her approach leans on Cognitive Behavioral methods that look at thoughts, feelings, and actions. Colette works with people to identify patterns that keep problems stuck and to try new, realistic habits.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, such as coping tools and ways to handle difficult emotions. Colette has a long career supporting people through relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, and work-related stress. She also helps with intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood management, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue.
Her experience includes addressing trauma and abuse alongside everyday life changes. Her style is direct and compassionate. She aims to build a welcoming space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
Colette partners with each person to tailor goals and decide which techniques will work best for their situation. For practical next steps, therapy with Colette can happen through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling is done after completing a short matching questionnaire.
02Credentials
- LPCC (Minnesota)
- License CC00202 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1174707566 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Colette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
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04Online support
How Cognitive Behavioral Work and Online Sessions Fit Together
Colette often uses Cognitive Behavioral methods that focus on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. That approach helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try practical changes that improve mood and reduce anxiety. It is useful for stress, depression, anxiety, and managing symptoms tied to ADHD or bipolar mood swings.She also applies evidence-based techniques for trauma-related concerns that emphasize pacing, stabilization skills, and developing safer ways to cope with strong memories and emotions. Those techniques aim to build tolerance for difficult feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Colette will work with each person to set goals and select methods that match their needs and preferences. Together they will review what is working and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues are helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, quick skill refreshers, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity when schedules change.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Colette commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, parenting challenges, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, ADHD, career and coaching needs, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her work is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral approaches that connect thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. She focuses on practical skills and setting clear, achievable goals.
How much experience does she have?
Colette brings 35 years of professional experience to her practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LPCC and is based in Minnesota.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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