Jessica Wansley, LCSW

Approaches that guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's perspective and priorities. It involves active listening and collaboration to help someone feel heard and to shape goals that matter to them. This approach is helpful for people dealing with stress, relationship strain, or low self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and how they affect feelings. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and anger issues.

Mindfulness therapy brings attention to present-moment experience through simple practices. It can reduce reactivity and help with coping during stressful times or after trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting as progress is made.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send thoughts between sessions or check in on a schedule that works for them. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep regular contact with a licensed professional.