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Online therapist

Tim Fredrik Edquilag

Supportive online counseling for family and life changes

Credentials
LPC
Experience
7 years
Licensed in
New Jersey, Arizona
Languages
English, Tagalog
Format
Online sessions

About Tim

Tim Fredrik Edquilag is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who combines practical therapy methods with attentive listening. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, grief, and life changes. Tim names family and parenting among his practice interests and supports concerns around relationships and intimacy.

Sessions are offered in English and Tagalog and are delivered online to fit a client’s routine. He uses straightforward, goal-oriented techniques to help people make changes that matter day to day.

Background and approach

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, for example, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches skills to reduce symptoms. Tim also draws from client-centered ideas that emphasize understanding each person’s perspective and building trust in the therapy relationship. With seven years of experience, he has worked with a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and blended family challenges.

His background includes helping people with family of origin issues, communication struggles, and caregiver stress. He notes work with gender dysphoria and multicultural concerns as part of his practice focus. Tim aims to tailor the work to each person.

He listens, helps identify priorities, and uses techniques that fit the client’s goals and daily life. The approach is collaborative and practical, with attention to what clients need now. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, so people can choose the format that works best.

Tim practices in Arizona and accepts international clients who prefer online care.

Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit family life

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding a person’s perspective and building a trusting relationship so they feel heard and supported; it is useful when people need time to sort through feelings about family, identity, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, mood issues, panic, and managing daily stressors. Mindfulness Therapy offers simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation during stressful moments.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to concerns, discuss options, and try methods that match a client’s goals and comfort level. That partnership helps shape the plan as needs change over time.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy family schedules. These options allow people to connect from home, work, or while traveling and to pick the format that feels most practical for check-ins, skill practice, or deeper work.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Tim work with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family matters, ADHD, and related issues such as codependency and communication problems.
What is his general therapeutic style?
His style blends client-centered listening with practical therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused methods. The work focuses on clear goals and skills you can use between sessions.
How many years has he been practicing?
He has seven years of experience in mental health and counseling, working with a range of mood, trauma, and family-related issues.
Where is he licensed to practice?
He is a Licensed Professional Counselor with credentials in Arizona and New Jersey: NJ LPC 37PC00527600 and AZ LPC LPC-17764.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Tagalog.
Can people outside the US work with him?
International clients are accepted for online sessions.
What session formats does he offer?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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