Christine Wagner

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values even when feelings are hard. It is often used for stress, anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and handling relationships more effectively. It is useful for people who need concrete tools to reduce reactivity and build steady routines. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a structured method used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity when trauma is part of the history.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Christine discusses goals and preferences in early sessions and helps decide which methods to try first. She adapts techniques based on what works, combining mindfulness, skills training, or trauma-focused work as needed so the plan fits each person.

Online therapy offers flexibility by letting people connect by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, keep momentum between meetings with brief messages or chat, and practice skills in real time. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach exercises, guide mindfulness practices, and adapt EMDR-informed or DBT skills work to remote sessions, making treatment more accessible for different schedules and needs.