Colleen Canfield-Smith, LMHC

Colleen Canfield-Smith offers support for stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, relationship and family challenges, grief, anger, and coping with life changes. She names compassion fatigue, blended family issues, mood disorders, social anxiety, and young adult issues among areas she helps address. Colleen uses straightforward methods to help people manage everyday struggles and improve functioning.

She keeps sessions focused and practical. Colleen draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered work, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques to help clients spot patterns, try new behaviors, and build useful skills. She often teaches simple relaxation and mindfulness exercises and uses humor when it feels right.

Colleen brings 21 years of experience from roles in schools, hospitals, community agencies, and primary care settings. Those jobs, plus raising three children, shape how she understands stress and family life. Her background helps her offer realistic, doable strategies for busy people.

She holds a Master of Arts in counseling psychology from Boston College and is licensed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, in New York. Colleen emphasizes teamwork in sessions and respects each person’s expertise about their own life.

In short meetings she will help you set goals, try small experiments, and notice what changes. The work is collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs and schedule.

Practical therapy approaches for online care

Colleen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered work to address everyday problems. CBT helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or improve focus. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and supporting the client’s own goals so they can use their strengths to make changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video allows face-to-face conversation and teaching of exercises, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief contact between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.