Kristy Anderson, LISW

Approaches that fit online care and parenting needs

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a respectful space. The therapist focuses on understanding your point of view and helps you name strengths and priorities to guide change. This style can be helpful when you want a supportive, nonjudgmental place to talk about parenting stress or life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can reduce anxiety, panic, and low mood. CBT is useful when clients want practical tools they can apply between sessions.

Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable goals and on what already works. Sessions often move quickly to identify steps that lead toward the desired outcome, which can help with communication problems, control issues, and immediate parenting challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that match your needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process aims to keep the work relevant and focused on what matters to you.

Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can fit short check-ins during a busy day. These options make it easier to build therapy into a parenting schedule, reduce travel time, and keep momentum between meetings.