Tahira Hussain, BACP

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s own priorities. In practice that means the counsellor reflects what you say, asks clarifying questions and helps you identify goals. It is useful for building self-awareness and for people who want the space to make their own decisions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. Online CBT often uses short tasks between sessions, such as mood logs or behavioural experiments, and can help with anxiety, panic, low mood and sleep problems.

Psychodynamic thinking explores patterns that come from past experiences and how they show up now. In online work this can help people make sense of repeating relationship or emotional patterns and bring new perspectives to old problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. That discussion is collaborative and may change as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to maintain regular sessions and try different ways of working.