Colleen Parfitt
LPC supporting adolescents, adults, and families through trauma
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About
Colleen Parfitt, LPC, brings 18 years of clinical experience to work with adolescents, individuals, and families facing trauma, depression, anxiety, and complex family dynamics. She focuses on helping people understand how life stressors and past wounds affect their emotions and relationships, and she supports exploration of attachment, communication, and patterns that can interfere with connection and well-being.
She uses a compassionate, client-centered orientation to create a safe and supportive space where people can be heard and build practical coping skills. Colleen places particular attention on developing emotional resilience, improving communication within families, and addressing issues such as panic, mood disorders, social anxiety, and self-esteem concerns.
Working collaboratively, she partners with adolescents and adults to identify strengths, set goals, and practice new ways of responding to stress, guilt, shame, and isolation. Her approach emphasizes developing greater self-awareness, clearer communication, and sustainable routines that support day-to-day functioning and growth.
She uses a compassionate, client-centered orientation to create a safe and supportive space where people can be heard and build practical coping skills. Colleen places particular attention on developing emotional resilience, improving communication within families, and addressing issues such as panic, mood disorders, social anxiety, and self-esteem concerns.
Working collaboratively, she partners with adolescents and adults to identify strengths, set goals, and practice new ways of responding to stress, guilt, shame, and isolation. Her approach emphasizes developing greater self-awareness, clearer communication, and sustainable routines that support day-to-day functioning and growth.
- Location:
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Years Experience:
- 18
- Gender:
- Female
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Therapist of Color:
- No
- Communication Options:
- Phone • Video • Live Chat • Messaging
Specialties
Primary area of focus:Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem, Depression
Other areas of experience: Attachment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Forgiveness, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Mood disorders, Post-traumatic stress, Self-love
Credentials & Verification
- Credentials: PA LPC PC015118
- NPI Number: 1447186671
- License: LPC (Pennsylvania)
Remote support with a collaborative, client-centered focus
Colleen Parfitt offers online options that follow a client-centered framework, emphasizing the person’s own goals and pace. In remote sessions she focuses on listening, validating experience, and helping clients identify practical coping strategies for stress, anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. This approach is aimed at building emotional resilience and strengthening communication patterns within families and relationships.
She also emphasizes skills-based work to develop tools for managing symptoms related to trauma, depression, social anxiety, and self-esteem difficulties. That work can include practicing grounding and emotion-regulation techniques, exploring patterns of attachment and control, and strengthening interpersonal skills to improve connection and reduce isolation.
Colleen works collaboratively with each person to determine whether video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging best fit their needs. Those options allow ongoing contact, skill practice between sessions, and flexible formats for people who prefer different ways of communicating.
What is Colleen Parfitt’s clinical background?
She has 18 years of clinical experience working with adolescents, individuals, and families on issues such as trauma, depression, anxiety, and complex family dynamics.
What credentials does she hold?
Colleen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices under license PA LPC PC015118.
Which languages does she speak?
This profile indicates she speaks English.
Where is she located?
She practices in Pennsylvania.
How can people work with her remotely?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging as ways to connect and continue therapeutic work.
Does she accept international clients?
The profile states she is not accepting international clients.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with Colleen?
To get started, use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire.