Shelly "Sheldon" Lewin, LICSW, LCSW

Using EFT, CBT, and Motivational Interviewing online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on feelings and attachment needs to help people understand their emotional responses and build stronger, more stable relationships with themselves and others. This approach is useful when someone wants to name emotions and change how they respond to them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for depression, anxiety, and managing day-to-day stress with practical tools and homework-like exercises.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-focused style that helps people find their own reasons to change, especially for addictions or when motivation feels low. It supports small, achievable steps toward lasting shifts.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration means strategies can shift over time if something isn’t working.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful when face-to-face conversation matters, phone can be easier with limited bandwidth, and text or chat can fit quick check-ins or when journaling between sessions is useful. These options make it simpler to keep a regular schedule and to bring therapy into a busy life.