Nancy Manly

Nancy Manly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 21 years of clinical experience. She welcomes people who are facing hard seasons and offers steady, practical support for grief, substance concerns, anxiety, depression, and other life changes. Nancy emphasizes respectful listening and a calm presence as the starting point for working together.

Her work focuses on helping people build skills that make daily life more manageable. She uses clear, concrete strategies to address negative thinking, boundaries, coping with illness, caregiver stress, and challenges like chronic pain or addiction. Nancy often supports people navigating hospice and end-of-life journeys and related family and caregiver concerns.

Nancy describes her style as warm, honest, and gentle. She centers the person seeking help as the expert on their life and offers guidance based on clinical experience. Sessions aim to be practical, with tools you can use between meetings to handle emotions and decisions more effectively.

She draws from multiple well-known approaches, then chooses what fits the person and the situation. That can mean skill training, values work, emotion-focused conversations, or mindfulness exercises. The plan is shaped around each person’s needs, pace, and goals.

People come to Nancy to reduce distress and to increase day-to-day coping and meaning. She helps clarify goals, try doable steps, and track progress over time. The emphasis is on steady forward movement and on restoring a sense of control and purpose.

How Nancy’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and building small actions that reflect those values. It helps with anxiety, depression, grief, and major life transitions by teaching practical steps to move toward a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and managing negative thinking.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nancy will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques so the plan feels manageable and relevant to everyday life.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when needed. It can also let people use phone-only meetings when bandwidth is limited or choose a shorter session for a quick progress review. Licensed professionals typically adapt tools like values exercises, skill practice, and emotion-focused conversations so they work well in remote sessions.