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Colleen M. Coakley, MSSA, LSW

SPECIALTIES

Colleen Coakley is a private psychotherapist
specializing in treating adolescents and adults experiencing problems, including:

* Adjustment Issues: loss and change of role associated with   divorce, blended families, separation, and empty nest
  syndrome
* Anxiety / Panic Disorders
* Substance Abuse / Addiction

Colleen assists her clients in achieving an optimal
quality of life by listening carefully, establishing realistic,   measurable, attainable goals, and developing and implementing strategies to achieve
  those goals. She works collaboratively with her clients and provides an objective point of
  view, input, feedback, and an accepting, supportive environment to develop and nurture
  alternative methods of thinking and dealing with issues, conflicts, and problems, facilitat-
  ing positive, lasting changes in thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and interpersonal
  relationships.

  EXPERIENCE

  * Private Psychotherapist – counseling clients in individual, group, couples, and family
    therapy using a combination of cognitive behavioral, psychodynamic, gestalt, solutions-
    focused, and ego-supportive techniques.
  * Counselor – providing individual and group counseling for clients in residential and
    outpatient treatment programs.
  * Group Facilitator – developing and facilitating educational and therapy groups on
    topics, including:

  CREDENTIALS / EDUCATION

  * Licensed Social Worker (LSW)
  * Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program - The Cleveland Psychoanalytic Center
  * Gestalt Training Program - The Gestalt Institute of Cleveland
  * Master of Science in Social Administration, MSSA (MSW), Mandel School of     Applied Social Sciences
  * Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Cleveland State University