Nancy Manly

Nancy Manly is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a certified addictions specialist practicing in Colorado. She brings 21 years of clinical experience to her work, supporting people facing a wide range of emotional and behavioral challenges.

Her practice addresses concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress management, substance use and other behavioral addictions, coping with life transitions, grief and loss, unresolved wounds and trauma, establishing healthy boundaries, negative thinking patterns, self-worth issues, relationship difficulties, destructive core beliefs, hospice and end-of-life journeys, aging-related matters, caregiver challenges, Alzheimer’s and other dementias, compassion fatigue, career struggles, adapting to difficult health diagnoses, and managing chronic pain. She helps clients develop practical skills and strategies to move forward with resilience.

Nancy’s approach is warm, compassionate, honest, and gentle - grounded in a strengths-based perspective that positions the client as the expert on their own life while she provides clinical guidance. She weaves together an array of evidence-informed methods to create concrete, sustainable change, drawing from Cognitive-Behavioral, Solution-Focused, Psychodynamic, Psychoeducational, Client-Centered, Existential, Mindfulness, Life Coaching, Relaxation, Motivational Interviewing, Somatic, Dialectical Behavioral, and Trauma-Focused approaches, using other therapies as appropriate for each person.

Clients describe her as calming, empathetic, respectful, insightful, accepting, trustworthy, wise, understanding, easy to talk with, comforting, capable, gentle, and honest, and have called her “a gifted guide who companions to healing,” “a gifted listener who hears the heart beyond the words,” and “a present strength and safe place.” Treatment plans are individualized to each person’s needs, abilities, and circumstances, and she works at the client’s pace to help crystallize and achieve meaningful goals.

Nancy honors the courage it takes to seek help and encourages anyone considering therapy - whether experienced with counseling or new to it - to reach out. Her focus is not only to reduce distress but to increase joy and peace, and she invites prospective clients to take the next step when they are ready.