About Lois
Dr. Lois Winchell helps people in Colorado who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, or challenges related to LGBTQ+ identity. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Dr. Winchell has 23 years of professional experience as a Colorado Psychologist (CO Psychologist PSY.0001809). She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths into therapy.
In sessions she helps clients name goals, notice patterns, and try manageable changes between meetings.
How Lois works
The work is collaborative and paced to what each person can try next. Her background includes long experience supporting people through trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, addiction, and major life changes. She also addresses mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and depression, and helps with stress, anger, and low self-esteem.
Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care issues, attachment questions, autism and Asperger syndrome, and first responder stress. Dr. Winchell uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide practical interventions tailored to each situation.
Sessions typically center on problem-solving, building coping skills, and improving communication. She helps people make small, steady shifts that add up over time. People who choose her often want a straightforward therapist who listens, offers clear options, and supports steady progress.
Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and create workable next steps for daily life.
What Lois works with
The areas below are the ones Lois selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CO Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| 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
Dr. Winchell works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete changes and coping skills. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of thinking and behaving; it helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical skills to manage difficult moments.Another approach centers on processing and coping with trauma by reducing the intensity of painful memories and building tolerance for distress. This helps people who have experienced abuse, loss, or overwhelming events to regain steadier functioning day to day.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distance, phone sessions can be easier when a video connection is not possible, and live chat or text messaging suit brief check-ins or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to maintain momentum over time.
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