Zachariah Crooks, LMHC

Approaches you can try online with a therapist

Client-Centered Therapy centers on the individual's experience. The therapist offers active listening and gentle reflection so clients can make their own choices and build confidence. This approach often helps with stress, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and parenting struggles.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve focus. These exercises are practical for parents who need tools to manage anxiety, sleep problems, or impulse control during busy days.

Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to access patterns that operate below conscious awareness. It can help with habits, trauma-related responses, and creating new behaviors that support recovery and coping.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works with each person to test methods that match their goals and comfort level, and adjustments are made along the way. That collaborative process helps identify what feels most useful over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a parent's schedule. Video works well for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, chat or messaging supports brief check-ins and ongoing coaching, and these choices help maintain consistency when life gets busy.