Francesco Rizzo

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Client-centered therapy centers the person’s values and priorities in every session. The therapist offers a listening, nonjudgmental stance and helps clients name what matters most so goals come from their own needs. This approach is useful when someone wants to clarify identity, values, or long-term aims.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to notice unhelpful thinking, test beliefs, and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and help with sleeping or stress management.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) is used when relationship patterns feel stuck. It helps people recognize emotional responses and change interaction cycles that create distance or conflict. EFT can be useful for improving connection and communication in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose and adapt methods based on their goals, preferences, and what they want to achieve. That may mean combining approaches or shifting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy weeks, revisit tools between meetings, and keep continuity during life changes. Licensed professionals can use these options to tailor pace, contact style, and homework to what works best for the client.