About Wanetta
Dr. Wanetta "Nita" Hughes Bise is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado. She has 17 years of experience and focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, and self-esteem struggles.
She also works with depression, addictions, anger, career concerns, and people coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. Her background includes a long clinical practice in Colorado and a focus on women’s issues. Sessions are typically 45 minutes long when requested and scheduled according to availability.
How Wanetta works
Friday and some Saturday times are offered to help fit therapy into busy weeks. Dr. Bise uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to shape sessions. The goal is practical work that helps people change patterns and build skills. Her style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She aims to form a strong working relationship and supports clients as they set and pursue goals. People who prefer a collaborative, respectful therapist will find this approach direct and steady. Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
English is the language used in sessions, and international clients are not accepted.
Wanetta lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Wanetta works with
The areas below are the ones Wanetta selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward chosen values and actions. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and helps people develop more supported ways of connecting and communicating. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on providing a nonjudgmental, empathetic atmosphere where the person leads the pace and topics of work.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to needs, goals, and personal preferences and recommend methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress and priorities become clearer.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different situations. Video sessions let people use face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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