Amanda Costa

Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care

Many clients benefit from structured, skills-focused work, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers clear tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that maintain anxiety, depression, or addictive patterns. Sessions using CBT often include goal-setting, behavioral experiments, and homework to practice new skills between meetings.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration, creating space for clients to lead the conversation and explore values, emotions, and life choices at their own pace. This approach pairs well with more directive techniques when a balanced plan is needed. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that are helpful for managing strong emotions and improving communication.

Finding the right mix of methods is a shared process. Amanda works collaboratively with each person to determine which approaches best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. That means therapy can prioritize skill-building, processing trauma, or supporting life transitions depending on what the client wants to accomplish.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. These formats allow regular contact, timely skill practice, and continuity of care regardless of location, helping clients fit therapeutic work into everyday life.