Lana Vsetecka-Schymos

Lana Vsetecka-Schymos is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 35 years of experience. She meets people where they are and helps them sort through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and life transitions. Lana focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where feelings can be named and understood.

Clients come to Lana for issues like low self-esteem, parenting stress, grief, anger, and career concerns. She also supports people facing trauma, compassion fatigue, and questions about identity, including LGBT-related concerns. Her background includes long-term clinical work that balances deeper personal exploration with tools for day-to-day coping.

Lana draws on Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s experience and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She integrates Mindfulness Therapy to bring attention to the present moment and reduce reactivity. Jungian ideas and Motivational Interviewing inform how she explores meaning and encourages change.

In sessions she listens, reflects, and offers practical suggestions. She works collaboratively to set small, achievable goals and to practice skills between meetings. Lana respects each person’s pace and values clear, straightforward conversation.

People who want a steady, experienced counselor to help with everyday struggles and deeper concerns often choose her. To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule a first appointment.

How Lana's approaches translate to online therapy

Many people find mindfulness practices helpful for quieting the mind and noticing what is happening in the moment; Mindfulness Therapy involves simple attention exercises and breathing techniques that reduce reactivity and support emotional balance. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience without judgment and helps build trust and self-awareness through empathetic listening. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and gives clear tools to change habits that keep problems going.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Lana will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean blending mindfulness with CBT techniques or deepening exploration when a client wants to examine personal meaning and patterns.

The therapist's profile does not specify session formats for online work, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut down on travel, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet from different locations. Licensed professionals adapt techniques like mindfulness practice, cognitive exercises, and focused conversation so clients can use them in daily routines.