Dorian Carter, LPC

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, low mood, and for people facing life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of connection affect present relationships and helps people build more supported ways of relating. It can be useful for intimacy struggles, communication problems, and family of origin issues. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and expressing core emotions to improve emotional bonds and reduce distress. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and will try methods that fit those priorities. That collaborative process helps shape whether ACT, attachment-focused work, EFT, or solution-focused tasks are used most often. Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and reading emotional cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style tasks, or tracking small steps between sessions. These options help people keep continuity of care while balancing work, caregiving, and travel.