Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes because it centers on small, values-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with stress, emotion regulation, and ADHD-related distractibility.

Nancy treats finding the right approach as a shared task. She will talk with each person about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps. This collaborative process aims to match tools to a person’s daily life and priorities rather than sticking to one method.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls let therapists and clients see body language and work in real time, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue, and live chat or text-based messaging allow brief check-ins and skill practice between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to try different formats as needs change.