Vicky Burgh-Harris

Approaches that guide online work and practical steps

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It offers structured techniques to address problems like anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviors, and coping with life transitions by teaching practical skills and encouraging measurable changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and creating a supportive therapeutic relationship. This approach helps clients explore their values and feelings at their own pace while the therapist provides acceptance and guidance.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process and is handled collaboratively. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past, and together they will try methods that fit the client’s needs. That collaborative process helps tailor interventions, whether more skills-based work or supportive exploration is needed.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain continuity when life circumstances change. These formats allow licensed professionals to use CBT techniques, client-centered dialogue, mindfulness exercises, and solution-focused strategies in ways that suit each client’s routine and comfort, supporting progress without requiring travel to an office.