Salena Manaois , LPC

Salena Manaois is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with more than 20 years of clinical experience helping people navigate difficult life transitions and persistent mental health concerns. She focuses on practical, evidence-based strategies while also honoring each person’s individual story and values. Her work centers on areas such as stress and anxiety, depression, addictions and recovery, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, parenting challenges, and LGBTQ matters including gender dysphoria.

She has substantial experience supporting populations that include military veterans, first responders, and people exploring questions of gender identity. Manaois draws on a collaborative, nonjudgmental stance to create space for clients to build insight, resilience, and sustainable coping skills. Her approach blends established therapeutic methods with flexibility to meet the needs of each individual, whether addressing process or sex addictions, hospice and end-of-life issues, or the unique pressures faced by those in the armed forces.

Known for an affirming and empathetic style, Salena emphasizes partnership in therapy and practical tools that support long-term growth. She works with clients on recovery, identity exploration, and restoring connection within relationships, helping people move toward clearer goals and more satisfying daily life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Salena Manaois integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a client-centered stance to support people in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice and accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and taking meaningful action - it is often useful for stress, anxiety, depression, and patterns of avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and developing practical skills to shift them, which can help with anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and many forms of addiction. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and the client’s own pace of discovery to build self-understanding and confidence, a helpful approach for identity exploration, grief, and trauma.

Finding the right combination of methods is a collaborative process. Salena and each client work together to determine which approaches fit the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists commonly adapt techniques over time to match changing priorities.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and life demands. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home or while traveling, and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable for each person.