Ewa Godinez, LPC

Ewa Godinez is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado. She earned a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and has five years of clinical experience. Ewa takes a direct, compassionate approach that balances honest feedback with encouragement. She aims to help people move forward instead of waiting for happiness to arrive later.

Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting challenges, career stress, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, codependency, communication problems, and issues tied to family of origin.

Ewa uses several therapeutic approaches to match what a person needs. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. She also uses Client-Centered methods to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when emotions feel overwhelming and practical coping tools are needed.

In sessions she combines practical skill-building with open conversation. Expect clear goals, ideas you can try between sessions, and straightforward feedback when patterns show up. She encourages small steps and tolerating discomfort when it leads to growth.

Ewa has experience across community college settings, private practice, prison, inpatient hospitals, and detox facilities. She offers therapy in English and works with people who want help sorting thoughts, managing symptoms, or making changes in daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people notice the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches tools to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and habit-related concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where a person leads the conversation and the therapist reflects and supports growth. This approach can help when someone needs acceptance and clarity about their own goals.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive behavior. It is useful when someone needs step-by-step tools to handle overwhelming feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to choose methods that match each person's goals, needs, and preferences. That partnership helps tailor sessions and adjust strategies over time.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel, phone sessions can fit into a lunch break, live chat works for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging lets someone share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, or other commitments.