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Online therapist

Connie Fleming

Steady guidance for parents and families

Credentials
LPC
Experience
30 years
Licensed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Connie

Connie Fleming is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of experience helping people through hard seasons. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self‑esteem, depression, and parenting concerns in Alabama. Parents and families will find straightforward support and steady guidance when they reach out.

She focuses on practical steps that reduce daily overwhelm. Sessions often include simple strategies for coping with change and improving communication at home. Connie also uses grief‑informed approaches to help people process loss in its many forms.

Background and approach

Her work draws on therapies that teach new ways to respond to difficult thoughts and feelings. She helps clients notice what matters to them, set small goals, and practice new habits between sessions. That hands-on emphasis is meant to help things shift, one step at a time.

Connie aims to make the room calm and predictable. She listens first and then helps people name what is getting in the way at home, at work, or in relationships. The tone is warm and direct, with an emphasis on practical tools.

Families often come for help with communication, blended family challenges, adoption and foster care questions, or fatherhood concerns. Connie also supports people dealing with attachment issues, codependency, caregiving stress, and compassion fatigue. Over three decades she has worked with a wide range of life changes including divorce, commitment questions, career shifts, and struggles tied to abandonment or family of origin.

Her approach is adaptable to each family’s needs.

Therapeutic approaches for online family and parenting work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify values and take small actions that match what matters to them. It’s useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes where getting stuck in painful thoughts is a problem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It can help reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily coping. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centers on emotion and connection in relationships and can be helpful when couples or family members struggle to understand each other’s needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Connie will talk with clients about goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That plan is adjusted over time so the therapy stays practical and relevant to what is happening at home.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from home, while phone, live chat, and text messaging offer more flexible options for shorter check-ins or when travel is difficult. These formats support regular contact and let families practice new skills between meetings.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Connie commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, grief, self esteem, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family issues, parenting, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is warm and direct. She listens first, then offers practical steps and communication skills that families can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Connie brings 30 years of experience to her work with individuals and families, drawing on long practice with common life transitions and family dynamics.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, AL LPC LPC00912, practicing in Alabama.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Connie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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