Narissa Huntley, LCMHC

Approaches that guide online sessions

Existential Therapy helps people name values, face uncertainty, and consider what gives life meaning. It is useful for questions about life purpose, emptiness, and major transitions where exploration of choices matters. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and acceptance so the person leads the pace and direction of conversation. This approach is helpful when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings or improve self-understanding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and impulse-driven reactions by teaching concrete exercises to try between sessions. Together these approaches allow for both big-picture meaning work and hands-on coping strategies in online sessions.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify goals and test what helps most, adjusting the plan as needs and preferences change. Clients take an active role in deciding which techniques feel most useful.

Online therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for a fuller face-to-face style and longer sessions, phone works well for lower bandwidth or when movement is needed, live chat fits shorter check-ins, and text messaging is useful for brief follow-ups and reminders. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy days.