About Cynthia
Dr. Cynthia Agbayani is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Virginia who helps people facing anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, parenting stress, grief, and phobias. She works with adults on mood concerns like depression and bipolar, and on issues such as addiction, anger, low self-esteem, and sleep or eating problems.
Her manner is straightforward and caring, aiming to make therapy feel manageable for busy families. She brings 15 years of experience to sessions and uses clear, practical approaches rather than jargon.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on immediate coping skills and small, steady steps toward change. She listens for what matters most to each person and tailors the plan to fit daily life and goals. Her practice draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when helpful.
That mix lets her address both emotions and relationships. Parents often get hands-on strategies for family communication and managing stress. Dr.
Agbayani aims to be direct while staying empathic. She helps people notice patterns, try new ways of responding, and build routines that support better sleep, eating, and mood. Progress is tracked in simple steps so clients can see small wins.
People who want a collaborative but practical approach will find structured guidance and steady feedback. She works with the client to set realistic goals and adjusts methods as needs change.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can reduce avoidance and support steady work on anxiety, phobias, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. CBT is useful for anxiety, sleep and eating concerns, and managing mood symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people build safer, more stable ways of relating that often ease conflict and intimacy concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, comfort level, and daily routine. Plans are adjusted as progress is made, so the approach can change if something else would work better.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and guided work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, track small steps, and get support without scheduling a full call. These options help people fit therapy into school, work, or family schedules while using the approaches above.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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