Nathaniel (Nate) Lamkin, LCSW - Therapist in Colorado

About Nathaniel

Nathaniel (Nate) Lamkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Colorado who helps people facing grief, serious illness, stress, anxiety, and parenting concerns. He draws on long experience supporting people through loss, caregiving strain, and major life changes. Nate aims to make hard conversations easier and to build practical coping skills for day-to-day life.

He spent much of his career in hospice, palliative care, and oncology social work. That background means he knows how to talk about end-of-life decisions, hospice needs, and the emotional weight of illness.

Background and approach

He has helped many people navigate grief and difficult medical situations. Nate also works on resilience and stress management. He uses straightforward tools to reduce anxiety and improve coping.

Sessions often focus on small, doable steps people can take between meetings. Over five years he developed executive leadership coaching skills with Vistage Worldwide, an international peer group network. Those coaching skills inform his practical approach to career, workplace, and fatherhood issues.

He blends coaching with therapy when goals call for both perspectives. His clinical methods include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. With 24 years of experience as an LCSW, he brings steady professional judgment and a calm, direct style to conversations about life transitions and caregiving stress.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person and their priorities, using empathy and careful listening to help people feel heard and to guide their own changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people understand and name emotions so they can change unhelpful patterns and improve important relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then use one or more methods that fit those needs. This collaborative process means methods can shift as progress is made or priorities change.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Those options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, to check in between meetings, and to continue therapy during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver focused, skills-based work and to support coping with grief, caregiving stress, parenting issues, and career concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Nathaniel support?

He helps people with grief, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include cancer, caregiver stress, fatherhood issues, fertility, hospice and end-of-life counseling, men's issues, and workplace problems.

What is his therapeutic style like?

Nate uses a straightforward, practical style that blends listening with actionable tools. He emphasizes building coping skills, easing difficult conversations, and working toward clear goals.

How much experience does he have?

He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 24 years of experience, including extensive work in hospice, palliative care, and oncology social work.

Where is the therapist based and what are his credentials?

He is based in Colorado and holds the credential LCSW with licence number CO LCSW 09925103.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does cost and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 24 years
Licensed: Colorado
Languages: English

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