About Mankea
Mankea Collier greets people with a calm, straightforward style. She focuses on helping clients who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship stress, or major life changes. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, with short-term goals and clear steps to make daily life feel more manageable.
She holds an IL LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - and brings 19 years of experience to her work. Much of that time was spent doing crisis work, case management, and coordination, which shaped how she helps people navigate urgent problems and follow-up care.
How Mankea works
Her background includes work with trauma, ADHD, mood disorders, and behavior concerns across diverse communities. In sessions she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered listening and elements of psychodynamic and motivational approaches when they fit the client’s goals.
Dialectical behavior strategies are included to help regulate strong emotions and improve coping skills. Many concerns are part of her focus areas, including grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem, panic attacks, and social anxiety. She also addresses deeper patterns like attachment concerns, impulsivity, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose.
Her style is collaborative and goal-focused. She works with each person to set small, realistic steps and to track progress over time. Sessions aim to be practical and usable in everyday life.
Mankea lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Mankea works with
The areas below are the ones Mankea selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. That approach helps people feel heard and to set goals that matter to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) offers concrete strategies for handling intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal skills.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist partners with each client to figure out which methods will help based on current needs, personal goals, and what feels comfortable. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers several ways to meet depending on what works best. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and deeper discussion. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send brief updates, ask quick questions, or work through moment-to-moment skills between scheduled sessions. These options provide flexibility so therapy can fit into a busy life.
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