Approaches that guide online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values even when thoughts and feelings are hard. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where motivation wanes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep problems going. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s experience - the therapist listens, reflects, and helps the client find their own solutions; this approach supports self-esteem and emotional processing.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Terri will talk with clients about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend ways of working together. That recommendation can shift over time as progress and new concerns emerge, so the process stays collaborative.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people have a fuller conversation with nonverbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, tracking goals, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different life situations.