John Bensinger, LCMHC, LPC

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the person's lead, helps clarify goals, and supports choices that feel right for them. This approach fits many concerns, from anxiety to relationship and career stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions teach practical skills to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, manage anger, or address addictive patterns.

Mindfulness Therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These techniques are useful for stress, sleep problems, and regulating intense emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort. That collaborative process may combine listening, skills practice, and small experiments between sessions.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins and written reflections. These options help people fit sessions into work, family, or other responsibilities while using the approaches described above.