About Stanley
Stanley Schleifer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 33 years of experience. He works with adults and older adults, offering calm, direct support for common life struggles. He aims to make conversations simple and useful for people under stress.
He has spent most of his career in outpatient behavioral health clinics. That background gives him a wide view of everyday problems like anxiety, depression, grief, and changes in life circumstances.
How Stanley works
He also helps with addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy concerns, career stress, and bipolar-related issues. Stanley uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a core approach and blends that with practical, client-centered methods. He shares ideas and tools in sessions and invites clients to weigh what feels helpful.
Sessions focus on building skills that help manage emotions and improve communication. He pays attention to aging and geriatric issues and to communication difficulties that make relationships harder. His style is straightforward and respectful, aiming to make talking feel easier for people who are worried or overwhelmed.
Stanley offers phone and video sessions as well as live chat and text-based messaging. He works in Colorado and conducts sessions in English. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to pair people with a therapist and schedule sessions.
Stanley lists one way of working on the entry:
What Stanley works with
The areas below are the ones Stanley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Relationship issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 33 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
DBT-based support delivered online
Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on teaching clear skills for managing strong emotions and reducing impulsive reactions. It breaks skills into areas like mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can help with anxiety, anger, bipolar mood swings, and relationship difficulties.In sessions he blends DBT skills coaching with a client-centered style. That means the therapist will suggest specific exercises and invite the client to decide what fits their life. Figuring out the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process, and adjustments are made as goals and needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, skill reminders, and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or mobility limits and let people keep continuity of care from different locations.
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