Dr. Katherine Sherman, FL Psychologist

Using CBT online to tackle parenting and anxiety

Dr. Sherman primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral experiments. This approach helps with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and parenting strategies by giving clear steps to try between sessions. She also applies CBT techniques to targeted problems like OCD, panic, phobias, and managing ADHD-related routines. For parents, CBT-based coaching includes concrete routines, effective responses to disruptive behavior, and ways to reduce household stress. Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past. Together they decide whether to focus on thought patterns, behavioral experiments, or day-to-day parenting skills, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual demonstrations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, quick problem solving, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to keep working on skills in real time.