Sederia Moore, LCSW

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when emotions are strong. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people repair or rethink those patterns to improve closeness and trust. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental stance where the therapist follows the client’s lead and reflects concerns back so the person can understand themselves more clearly.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss which methods match a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. That process is collaborative - clients and the therapist decide together whether to try skill-focused techniques, values-based exercises, or relational exploration and can adjust as progress unfolds.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can fit a busy schedule or use less bandwidth, and chat or text are useful for short check-ins or practicing skills between sessions. These options let people fit sessions into workdays, caregiving routines, and other responsibilities while keeping continuity of care with licensed professionals.