Elizabeth McKinley, Licensed, Professional, Counselor, National, Certified, Counselor

About Elizabeth McKinley

I have been providing therapy/counseling in various settings for 25+ years, most recently & currently hospital-based psychiatric emergency crisis intervention. My areas of expertise include: parenting (human growth & development, infants to adolescents); family conflict; abuse/neglect (child and elder); mental illness (affect disorders such as anxiety/depression/bipolar; psychotic disorders; personality disorders); self-harm/suicide; women’s issues; end-of-life decisions; and non-emergent crisis intervention. My therapeutic approach is simple & straightforward. Something in your life is currently causing you distress and you want unbiased help finding a way to cope with and work through the issue so it no longer interferes with your ability to live your best life. The therapeutic relationship that will occur between us consists of identifying the issue, mapping past responses & outcomes, separating what you can & can’t control, and developing a new plan to overcome the problem. My job as a therapist is to empower you to develop insight and create your own solution, not solve the problem for you. Once you’ve created & implemented your plan, I will provide support & reinforcement. The benefits of a trained, experienced therapist are objectivity, expertise in models of human behavior, and knowledge of therapeutic techniques. In addition to my Colorado Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) credential, I am a National Certified Counselor, "NCC", which means I completed a graduate program with the highest level of accreditation, passed the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) examination, and adhere to the rigorous ethics and principles established specifically for Licensed Professional Counselors across the United States and some foreign countries and/or territories. If, at any point in therapy, I determine that I lack the expertise to provide sufficient therapeutic assistance to you I will assist you in finding a therapist who can better meet