Karen Buroff, LCSW

Practical approaches you can use online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s goals and strengths. The therapist listens closely, reflects what matters, and helps shape the work around each person’s priorities. This approach is useful for parenting stress, life changes, and building coping skills.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing small behavioral changes. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep or eating concerns.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity. These exercises support emotion regulation and can make it easier to use other tools learned in therapy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose and adjust methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process helps ensure techniques fit daily life and parenting demands.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people send updates, practice skills between sessions, and fit support into busy days. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to keep therapy consistent alongside parenting and other responsibilities.