Toni Kooy
Calm, practical therapy for stressful times
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Toni
Toni Kooy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting concerns. She speaks plainly and listens without judgment to understand what feels most urgent. Toni offers practical ways to cope and build steadier moods so daily life feels more manageable.
Her style combines steady support with clear tools. She uses short- and long-term goals to guide progress. Toni often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to improve emotion regulation and decision making.
Background and approach
With 20 years in substance abuse and mental health settings, Toni has worked across rural and urban community mental health centers. Her background includes training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and extensive work with trauma and grief. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Colorado.
Toni’s approach is practical and down-to-earth. She brings varied life experience from earlier jobs such as nanny and musician, which informs a non-judgmental perspective. Sessions focus on real-life changes, not jargon.
People who choose Toni can expect collaborative planning, straightforward strategies, and compassion. She aims to help each person build confidence and better routines so they can move beyond distress and toward daily functioning they value.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a safe, respectful space. The therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions. This style is useful when someone needs support sorting feelings and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. It teaches practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and panic symptoms.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It includes techniques for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer decision making.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time in a collaborative way.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to meet from home, keep consistent sessions, and use brief check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use these tools to combine skill teaching, goal tracking, and steady support without demanding long travel or rigid timing.
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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
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