Ronald Baptist, LPC

Ronald Baptist is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 32 years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. He aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people under stress.

He uses a blend of approaches to meet individual needs. Sessions often include skill-building for managing panic or mood shifts, and strategies for improving sleep, eating patterns, and daily routines. He also helps people work through relationship strain, work stress, and issues tied to family of origin.

Many clients come with trauma histories, including first responder and veteran-related experiences. Ronald uses trauma-focused tools alongside therapies that teach emotion regulation and coping. He emphasizes building trust slowly and pacing work to each person’s comfort level.

He also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption or foster-care questions, body image, codependency, and communication problems. For those facing divorce, career transitions, or forgiveness work, he helps create practical steps to move forward.

Ronald aims to collaborate with each person on goals and strategies. He explains techniques plainly and checks in about what is working. To begin, people use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to his availability.

How these therapies translate to online work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues and helps people build practical habits.

EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused approach that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity. It is commonly used for trauma and abuse-related symptoms and for people with first responder or veteran experiences.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication skills. It can help with intense emotions, self-control problems, and relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review goals, symptoms, and preferences together and recommend methods that fit the person’s needs. Decisions about techniques are made collaboratively and adjusted as therapy progresses.

Because specific session formats are not listed in the original profile, confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into workdays, reduce travel, and allow quicker check-ins when needed. Others appreciate that certain approaches, such as skills coaching or trauma processing, can be adapted to remote sessions depending on comfort and pacing.