Jennie Johnson, LPC

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters most to them and take small, values-driven steps despite uncomfortable feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and getting unstuck from avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a skills-based approach that looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to reduce worry and change unhelpful thinking patterns. That method is often used for anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills to help manage intense emotions and improve communication.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit. That collaborative process means techniques are adjusted over time to match progress and changing priorities.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain steady progress.