About Lana
Lana Vsetecka-Schymos is a licensed professional counselor with 35 years of experience in Colorado. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and major life changes. Lana aims to make the first step easier for anyone unsure about therapy.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they think and feel. Conversations are straightforward and paced to match each person's comfort.
How Lana works
Lana listens for practical patterns and works with clients to set doable goals. Her approach combines talk therapy with tools that people can use between sessions. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person's priorities.
Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Lana also brings mindfulness practices into sessions to help manage stress and stay present. Motivational interviewing helps people find the reasons they want change and build momentum toward those goals.
She is comfortable addressing grief, trauma and issues related to parenting and blended families. Over decades of practice she has worked on concerns such as codependency, communication problems, divorce and forgiveness. She has a particular sensitivity to challenges around adoption and foster care, fatherhood issues, and compassion fatigue.
Lana speaks English and accepts international clients, offering multiple session formats to fit busy lives.
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What Lana works with
The areas below are the ones Lana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit everyday life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's perspective and priorities. Sessions are guided by what matters most to the person, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clarify goals and choices. This approach works well for people who want a respectful, collaborative conversation about their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems stuck. Sessions include simple exercises and experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, depression, and relationship patterns. Mindfulness therapy teaches basic attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress. Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. That collaborative stance makes it easier to find what helps most. Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, processing between sessions, or when writing helps to organize thoughts. These options make it possible to continue work during moves, travel, or busy schedules and to pick the format that best supports ongoing progress.Start online instead of waiting
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