Nancy Manly

Nancy Manly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 21 years of clinical experience. She offers compassionate, straightforward care for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and major life changes. Nancy aims to meet clients where they are and walk alongside them at a manageable pace.

Her style is warm and direct. She centers the client as the expert on their life and uses clear, practical strategies to help shift thinking and behavior. Sessions mix listening with concrete tools that can be practiced between meetings. The goal is not only to reduce distress but to increase peace and everyday joy.

Nancy draws on several therapeutic traditions when building a plan. She commonly uses mindfulness-based practices, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and client-centered methods. These are selected to match each person’s needs and goals rather than applied rigidly.

She has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping and eating problems, parenting stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, substance use and behavioral addictions, self-esteem and body image, and career or life transition challenges. Nancy also offers support around aging and end-of-life issues.

Work in therapy focuses on building skills, improving communication, and creating realistic action steps. Nancy encourages collaboration so clients leave sessions with tools they can use right away and a plan for steady progress.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Mindfulness-based practices focus on present-moment awareness and simple attention exercises that help reduce reactivity and improve calm. These techniques can be useful for anxiety, stress, and sleep difficulties because they teach short, repeatable skills to steady attention and emotion.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions aligned with their values. ACT is often used for anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and life transitions because it emphasizes meaningful behavior change rather than simply fighting thoughts.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to match methods to goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. That means trying specific tools, tracking what helps, and adjusting plans together rather than sticking to a single method.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule and to practice skills between sessions. It also allows shorter check-ins when time or bandwidth is limited and makes it simpler to arrange sessions from different locations. Licensed professionals commonly tailor session length and focus to what fits a persons routine and needs.