What Therapy Can Do For You

 
 

Therapy can be powerful.

Psychotherapy is the practice of meeting with a licensed and trained mental health professional to process negative feelings, address challenging circumstances, talk through every day difficulties and eventually create positive change. Positive change can be seen by improving relationships, increasing self-awareness and self-confidence, setting boundaries, decreasing stress/anxiety, overcoming obstacles, and developing a happier, healthier and more fulfilling life.

Unlike other types of medical treatment, psychotherapy has a more collaborative approach that is based on the relationship between the client and therapist. The therapist is an objective, neutral, non-biased and non-judgmental person who will work with you to explore those areas of your life that you want to change, develop coping strategies to manage those areas in your life that you may not have power and control to change and gently challenge your negative thoughts that lead to unhelpful behaviors. By transforming your negative thoughts, you and your therapist can work together toward positive actions that will help you reach your goals and meet your emotional needs.

You may be hesitant to try therapy. After all, change can be scary even if it is positive. You may feel vulnerable, as you are responsible for being as honest and open as possible. Therapy usually involves letting go of things or ideas that are familiar in order to create change. You may experience increased uncomfortable emotions as you self-explore, and changes in dynamics or communication with significant people in your life. You may experience emotional pain, embarrassment, anxiety, frustration, or fear. On the other side of these uncomfortable emotions is healing and growth. Some potential benefits include increased healthy habits, improved communication and stability in relationships, and lessening of distress.

therapy can work just as well online as it can in person.

Online therapy has rapidly evolved over the past few years, especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before 2020, relatively few mental health professionals offered remote sessions. As the pandemic made in-person sessions challenging or impossible, many clinics and therapists pivoted to remote care, and teletherapy use skyrocketed. 

Today, teletherapy remains a widely accepted and often preferred way to provide mental health services. Research shows that online therapy often produces outcomes comparable to in-person care. A large outpatient study found no significant differences in symptom reduction between telehealth and traditional sessions (Reese et al., 2025). A systematic review of 12 controlled trials also found no clear disadvantage to teletherapy across a variety of mental health conditions (Durcan et al., 2022).

Online therapy offers clients another way of connecting with mental health professionals.  Clients are able to receive high-quality therapy services over a secure and HIPAA compliant video platform on their own schedules and from their choice of location. For clients, this means the convenience of getting the care they need without venturing out to the therapist’s office, waiting in the waiting room, then making the commute home.

Online therapy can be an enabling and empowering tool which can promote equality of access to services. It can be beneficial for anyone who has difficulty physically getting to the therapist’s office or prefers services from the comfort or convenience of their own home or office. This may be the case for those who are differently-abled, parents with limited child care, business owners or employees who cannot leave their work sites, individuals with limited or no means of transportation, those who live in areas with limited access to providers, or anyone who does not want to be limited to their geographical area to find a therapist that is the right fit for them. Online therapy is convenient, time-saving and easy.

Online therapy is suitable for most people, but not all, which is why anyone interested, is given a free 15 minute consultation to determine whether online therapy is right for you.