Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Cole works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cole
Cole Risbon is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and major life changes. He uses a warm, collaborative style that centers the person's goals and lived experience. Cole draws from several treatment approaches to match each person's needs.
He helps people learn practical coping skills for daily mood and sleep challenges, and works through difficult events like trauma or relationship strain. He also supports people navigating identity and orientation questions, including LGBT concerns.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-focused. Cole uses tools that help people notice unhelpful thinking, build emotional regulation skills, and try small behavior changes that add up over time. He also offers space for deeper self-reflection when someone wants to understand patterns from the past.
Cole has five years of clinical experience and practices in Pennsylvania. He holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor. People meet with him by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their schedule.
To start, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone to his style and approach.
What Cole works with
Everything Cole lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cole's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cole lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and online care that fits your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person directs the pace and goals of work. It helps when someone needs acceptance, clearer goals, and help deciding what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage anger, and improve sleep. Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal communication, which can be useful for intense emotions and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to pick or combine methods based on their goals, challenges, and preferences. That collaborative plan can be adjusted over time as progress and needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people have a full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit work on coping skills and emotional regulation into a busy week.
Questions people ask about Cole
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
Cole works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, sleeping problems, anger, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting, career difficulties, ADHD, and bipolar mood concerns.
What is the therapist's general approach in sessions?
He uses a collaborative, client-centered style and draws from therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills and address thinking and behavior patterns.
How much clinical experience does he have?
Cole has five years of experience working with people on mood, coping, and life transition issues.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
He practices in Pennsylvania and holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for online sessions?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is pricing handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.