Online Therapy in New York & California

Adapting therapeutic methods for the online medium was a natural progression for today’s world. Improving access, reducing anxiety-related fears, and initiating modifications to fit the individual’s environment are all massive positives in this shift. Read more below about this telehealth transition to online therapy in New York, NY and California.

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What Is Online Therapy?

Online therapy is offered through secure video sessions and phone-based appointments, giving clients flexible access to support from the comfort of home. The same therapeutic approach, values, and goals are used in both online therapy and in-person therapy. Depending on clinical fit and client needs, limited email correspondence may also be available, providing additional space to reflect before checking in. For many clients, this creates a helpful “zone of reflection,” allowing emotions and experiences to be explored with less pressure and more ease.

What Are The Benefits of Online Therapy?

Telehealth therapy has been used in the mental health field for decades, and its value continues to grow as more clients seek accessible, effective care. Research over the past several decades suggests that virtual therapy can be as effective as in-person counseling for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, and stress-related symptoms. In some cases, messaging-based therapy has also been shown to offer meaningful benefits alongside traditional face-to-face methods.

Online therapy can increase access for individuals who may have difficulty receiving care due to chronic illness, mobility limitations, transportation barriers, busy schedules, or location constraints. It also allows clients to meet in a familiar environment, which can make starting therapy feel more achievable.

For many people—especially those navigating anxiety, depression, or trauma—receiving support in a safe, private space can reduce overwhelm and improve emotional regulation. Teletherapy also gives clients greater control over their surroundings, including small comforts that support grounding and focus.

Online therapy may also help reduce stigma and increase a sense of privacy, which can make it easier to open up and explore the root of symptoms. Across both online and in-person sessions, the work is grounded in empathy, collaboration, and a supportive space for meaningful growth.

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  • Anxiety over an in-person conversation
  • Leaving the house seems overwhelming (Agoraphobia)
  • Your home feels safer to share emotions in
  • You have a chronic illness that prevents you from traveling
  • You have a hectic schedule

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  • Anxiety/Depression
  • Couples Counseling
  • Trauma
  • Infidelity and Healing
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Eating disorders
  • ADHD/ADD
  • Barriers that online therapy removes
  • Geographical
  • Mental
  • Physical (chronic illness)

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It’s important to us as a clinic that our ethos and non-traditional approaches don’t fade away in the face of technology. We aim to maintain the high standard of integrative care even through these new mediums many people are just now adjusting to. Globally, it has been found that creating and utilizing a peer relationship is an effective base for counseling, even across cultures. It allows an empathic trust to guide the treatment and we believe that this is extremely achievable in online therapy, mainly because you are in your own home, which immediately instills a sense of confidence and power in your own abilities.

Our goal with transferring most of our services to online methods is to maintain the same holistic and integrative experience as our face-to-face counseling. We merely reframe our approach to include tools and strategies that apply to today’s context and your added life stressors. Your mental health and growth are still the priority in our treatment, and we believe our individualized and mindful ethos still shines through our online-focused counseling.

Our Therapeutic Approaches

Holistic & Transpersonal

Our insight-oriented approach allows your own experiences to guide your treatment path. Your therapist will use the information they’re given from your communicative style, past issues, and current raising of issues, to determine the most productive course of action. All of this can be determined just as with in-person approaches (i.e. reading non-verbal cues, exploratory conversations, etc.). You exist as a cognitive, emotional, and physical being and we maintain that priority in our online treatment. We still offer holistic guidance and tools to address the physical manifestations of your symptoms.

‘You’-centric & Relational

To address whatever mental health struggle has brought you to seek online therapy, we still maintain a holistic and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) approach. EFT looks at you as a whole person or you as a couple, your present symptoms/barriers, and emotionally driven interpretations, and uses this transpersonal and valuable information to address unhealthy patterns of behavior, social connections, and mood disorders. The term holistic also applies to you as not just an individual, but as part of a wider social unit. Our integrative behavioral approach removes yourself from what can be an all-encompassing experience of your symptoms. This assists us, and yourself, in determining how to maintain a healthy, empathetic, and productive functioning.

Mindfulness

By remaining in the present moment and acknowledging the current goals of a healthier daily life for you and your family, a narrative can be brought forth, even through online therapy. We approach this the same way we would with in-person therapy, by guiding you through your in-the-moment emotional reactions and experiences to find a deeper root of what is causing you mental distress.

Your Counseling Experience

Each therapeutic experience is different, and each session can open new and helpful paths in the healing process. The information below is meant to offer a general idea of what clients can expect when reaching out, with the goal of easing worry and creating more confidence in starting therapy.

  • 45-minute sessions for individuals and 60-minute sessions for couples (typically once per week)
  • Short-term work may last 3–6 months, or until clients feel they have reached the changes they were seeking
  • Long-term work is also available and may continue for as long as needed

Creating the Right Therapeutic Fit

Therapy is most effective when it feels like a strong relational fit. Sessions are shaped around each client’s individual needs, including:

  • Therapy goals and what the client is hoping to shift or strengthen
  • Personality, pace, and overall energy
  • Communication style and relational patterns
  • Emotional needs and current life stressors
  • The approach and tools that best support long-term healing and growth

In the Meantime

Research continues to show that simple, mindful lifestyle changes can have a meaningful impact on daily well-being. These practices may be helpful for clients seeking more immediate calm:

  • Meditation
  • Yoga
  • Reiki
  • Spending time in nature
  • Conscious, deep breathing
  • Maintaining an active lifestyle
  • Healthy nutrition

FAQs About Online Therapy

We aim to maintain the same experience we offer in-clinic as an online option, especially now. We apply the same guidance, ethos, strategies, and therapeutic mission at getting you to a healthier version of yourself.

Of course! We offer both video and phone counseling. We also empathize with the comfort that merely a voice chat can provide, as opposed to a video.

Many studies have shown that online therapy is just as effective as in-person methods. Our clinic can apply the same therapeutic approaches and strategies to our online counseling, ensuring a consistent standard of care.

We understand the logistics of online therapy do feel impersonal, but we can assure you that our therapists take great care in getting to know you and where you are on your journey, applying this knowledge into your personalized care. By using video chat, we can utilize all the non-verbal communication that we do in-person, except from the comfort of your own home.