Victoria Coronado, LMFT

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client feels heard and understood; it helps people clarify their own goals and make decisions about parenting, relationships, and life changes.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions influence feelings and teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and mood changes through small behavior and thought experiments.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, helps people understand and shift patterns in close relationships by identifying emotions and changing how partners or parents respond to each other.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to pick methods that match goals, preferences, and comfort level. That might mean trying short CBT exercises, spending sessions on emotional patterns, or using client-centered conversation to set priorities.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practicing communication, phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat supports brief updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family life, work, and other responsibilities while using the approaches that best support each person.