Gwendolyn Henry, LMSW

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. In practice this means the therapist focuses on the client's priorities, creates a respectful space, and follows the client's pace to address parenting strain, grief, or stress.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. Online sessions can include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, practicing new behaviors, and assigning brief exercises to do between meetings to reduce anxiety or improve sleep.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, provides a structured way to process distressing memories. When appropriate, parts of EMDR can be adapted for video or phone work to support trauma recovery in tandem with other methods.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize client-centered listening, CBT skills, EMDR processing, mindfulness, or narrative techniques.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when it helps. Phone sessions work if bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients send brief updates or get quick support between sessions. These options can make ongoing work easier to fit into a busy parenting life.