Angel Damara, LCSW, LICSW

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to reduce symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns affect current connections and supports new ways of relating and communicating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they’ll try strategies, adjust the plan, and pick methods that feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation for deeper work, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging is helpful for brief check-ins or practicing skills between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can keep therapy going through life’s practical constraints.