About Colleen
Dr. Colleen McMahon is an Ohio psychologist who blends practical, evidence-informed methods with a warm, accepting manner. She is OH Psychologist P.07693 and brings seven years of experience in clinical practice.
She focuses on helping people reduce stress, manage anxiety, and handle parenting challenges with clearer tools and calmer routines. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy to help people make small, workable changes.
How Colleen works
Sessions emphasize straightforward strategies for sleep, anger, and impulsivity, and steps to improve self-esteem and coping with life changes. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness practices are added when they fit a person's goals. Her background includes work across schools, hospitals, and clinics, and she also teaches psychology.
That mix keeps her practice tied to research while staying focused on everyday results. She aims to translate findings into techniques that people can actually try between sessions. People meet in video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their routine.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time and costs vary with location and therapist availability. Dr. McMahon conducts therapy in English and does not accept international clients.
Her approach centers on collaborating with each person to find what helps. She supports people dealing with ADHD, autism spectrum concerns, grief, chronic health challenges, caregiver stress, career questions, and mood or adjustment difficulties.
Colleen lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Colleen works with
The areas below are the ones Colleen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | OH Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How practical therapy methods work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that matter to you, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching ways to move toward what matters rather than getting stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches clear, step-by-step techniques to change them, which is useful for sleep problems, mood disorders, and anger. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience, using empathy and nonjudgmental listening to build confidence and help people find their own solutions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods based on goals, preferences, and how they respond in early sessions. That makes it easier to adjust plans and focus on what produces real change for daily life.
Online therapy can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and direct conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits brief check-ins or on-the-go support. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles.
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