Colleen Wong, LCSW

Colleen Wong is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in California with three years of professional experience. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse. She also focuses on aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and life transitions.

Her approach centers on listening first. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are conversational and practical, with clear steps people can try between meetings.

Colleen uses client-centered techniques to help people feel understood and to shape goals that matter to them. She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and to practice new behaviors. Mindfulness strategies are offered to reduce worry and to improve moment-to-moment coping.

She also uses motivational interviewing when people want to find reasons for change or to overcome ambivalence. That method helps break decisions into manageable next steps. Her work often combines these approaches depending on what a person needs.

In sessions she focuses on day-to-day problems like handling money stress, dealing with loneliness, or navigating end-of-life care for a loved one. The emphasis is on practical skills, clearer communication, and realistic goals that fit a client’s life.

How her approaches translate to online work