About Fay
Fay Callam uses a client-centered style that helps people set their own goals. She draws on practical methods to ease anxiety, depression, stress, and the effects of trauma. Fay works in Alaska and brings 35 years of experience to sessions.
Fay treats a wide range of concerns including addictions, grief, self-harm, low self-esteem, and mood challenges such as bipolar disorder. She also helps people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, career changes, seasonal affective disorder, and multicultural stressors.
Background and approach
Her approach is direct and down-to-earth, aimed at everyday problems and decisions. Her practice blends straightforward talk with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Fay also uses eye movement desensitization and reprocessing when trauma memories are a key concern.
Motivational interviewing is part of how she supports change when habits or addictions are involved. Fay finished advanced training at Columbia University and New York University and follows the social work code of ethics in her work. Her credentials include LICSW and LCSW licenses held in Washington and Alaska respectively.
Those details inform how she structures care and watches for safety while respecting each person’s choices. Sessions focus on what the person wants to accomplish. Fay aims to help people build clearer boundaries, reduce symptoms that interfere with daily life, and find practical ways to move forward.
The tone is respectful and collaborative.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting each person's goals. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what is said, and helps clarify steps toward change. This approach is often used when people want someone who helps them decide what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It includes practical exercises and small experiments to change patterns that worsen anxiety, depression, or stress. CBT works well for problem-focused concerns like panic, low mood, or unhelpful habits.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps when troubling memories keep coming back. It uses a structured process to reduce the hold of painful memories so daily life feels less reactive and more manageable.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they choose methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video lets people use visual cues and do longer therapy work. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits better. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, and flexible timing between calls. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while matching everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Alaska, District of Columbia
- Languages
- English