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Kelly Pohlig M.S., LPC, NCC

People's First Therapy Group

LPC

Licensed In:
New Jersey, Pennsylvania
“I work with individuals experiencing concerns related to neurodiversity, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma, caregiver stress, relationship challenges, parenting struggles, communication difficulties, and general life dissatisfaction. I also support parents and caregivers in developing practical, compassionate strategies for children who are neurodiverse or need additional support. My approach is collaborative and empowering, with a strong focus on respecting your nervous system, personal history, and inner strengths. I integrate mindfulness and values-based work, trauma processing, emotional regulation skills, and body-based awareness to create a therapy experience tailored to you. Together, we work toward greater understanding, flexibility, and a life that feels more aligned with your values.”
Services:
Child Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Parenting Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
ADHD · Anxiety · Autism · Behavioral Issues · Domestic Abuse · Educational and Learning Disabilities · Parent-Child Bonding & Attachment · Trauma & PTSD
Heather Landry

PBH Behavioral Consulting and Counseling LLC

LPC-S, LPC-A, CPC, LMHC

Licensed In:
Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Texas, Washington
“I am here to help people, families, and professionals find clarity in complexity, and turn insight into meaningful, sustainable change. When is enough really enough? I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and behavioral health professional with extensive experience helping individuals, families, professionals, and organizations navigate complex life, relationship, and systems-related challenges. I specialize in working with adults experiencing anxiety, stress, burnout, major life transitions, relationship and family challenges, and the unique pressures that often accompany leadership and high-responsibility roles. Whether I’m working with an individual navigating a difficult season, an executive carrying significant responsibility, or a family involved in a complex system, my goal is to provide a thoughtful, evidence-informed space where clarity, accountability, and sustainable change can occur.”
Services:
Clinical Supervision, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Parenting Therapy, Testing and Evaluations
Specialties:
Burnout · Career Counseling · Divorce · Executive Coaching · Life Transitions · Parent-Child Bonding & Attachment · Perfectionism · Relationship Issues · Weight Loss
Emily Biggs-Heisler

Mountainside Behavioral Health

Ph.D.

Licensed In:
Colorado
“I work with teens ages 12 and older, adults, couples, and families who are navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, borderline personality disorder, emotion dysregulation, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and relationship challenges. I also work with clients who want practical support building coping skills, improving emotional regulation, and creating healthier patterns in their daily lives.”
Services:
Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
Anxiety · Depression · Personality Disorders · Self-Harming · Suicidal Ideation · Trauma & PTSD
Amber M Reynolds

Rising Tides Counseling

LPC

Licensed In:
Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, Wyoming
“ADHD Anxiety Behavioral Issues Child Depression Divorce Family Conflict Life Transitions Parenting Peer Relationships Relationship Issues School Issues Self Esteem Stress Trauma and PTSD”
Services:
Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Parenting Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
Miriam Collada

Collada Counseling

LMFT | LPCC

Licensed In:
California, Oregon
“I have made a point to get experience helping people navigate multiple types of challenges. Some challenges I support people with include neurodivergence, anxiety, life transitions, relationships with body image, and relationships with food. I have made a point to seek training and experience to support those in the LGBTQ+ community. I also provider relational counseling and support relationships that might incorporate Kink or ENM practices.”
Services:
Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy
Specialties:
Corinne Novella

Novella Consultations LCSW PC

LCSW

Licensed In:
New York
“I work with adults, teens, couples, and families. I provide a safe space for business partners to work out conflicts and find paths forward in their partnerships.”
Services:
Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
Addiction · Anxiety · Attachment · Bipolar Disorder · Burnout · Codependency · Consensual Non-Monogamy · Depression · Gender Identity · Grief · Life Transitions · Relationship Issues · Self Esteem · Spirituality · Substance Use · Trauma & PTSD · Women’s Mental Health
Samantha Wilson

Sam Wilson Therapy

LCSW

Licensed In:
Idaho, Utah
“People often reach out when they’re experiencing things like: • Trauma and stress responses (feeling on edge, shut down, overwhelmed, or “stuck”) • Women-centered concerns such as anxiety, burnout, identity shifts, people-pleasing, or life transitions • Postpartum and motherhood adjustments (emotionally, relationally, and internally)”
Services:
Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Parenting Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
ADHD · Adoption · Anxiety · Attachment · Burnout · Depression · Divorce · Educational and Learning Disabilities · Grief · Infertility & Reproductive Mental Health · Life Transitions · Menopause & Perimenopause · Parent-Child Bonding & Attachment · Pregnancy, Postpartum & Perinatal Mental Health · Relationship Issues · Self Esteem · Trauma & PTSD · Women’s Mental Health
Kat Alston

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

LMFT

Licensed In:
Florida, Massachusetts
“I help clients by creating a supportive and honest space where they can feel heard, understood, and gently challenged when needed. My work focuses on relationships, family systems, trauma, grief, women’s issues, caregiving stress, and helping couples and intimate partners rebuild communication, trust, and emotional connection.”
Services:
Family Therapy, Parenting Therapy
Specialties:
Behavioral Issues · Relationship Issues · Trauma & PTSD · Women’s Mental Health
Jenny DeSantis

Life Balance Psychotherapy

LCSW, CASAC, LCADC

Licensed In:
Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New York
“I work with adults for individual and couples therapy. I specialize in childhood trauma/attachment issues, and how these experiences affect adult relationship issues. I also specialize in alcohol/gambling/substance use disorder.”
Services:
Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Parenting Therapy
Specialties:
Addiction · Attachment · Burnout · Codependency · Divorce · Life Transitions · Men’s Mental Health · Perfectionism · Relationship Issues · Self Esteem · Substance Use · Trauma & PTSD
Sunny Broadhead

Portal Wellness Collective

MFTA

Licensed In:
Oregon, Washington
“I work primarily with adults seeking individual, couple, or family therapy. I focus my work on providing space for members of the Queer and Neurodivergent populations, as well as folks experiencing or interested in non-traditional relationship structures. I work well with folks who value honesty and humor in the therapy room. I tend to enjoy collaborating with my clients to explore topics related to identity, navigating complex relationships, and working through trauma that may be influencing our present day experience. I center my work on exploring how our patterns of behavior, emotions, and the stories we are carrying impact how we show up in our relationships and our beliefs about ourselves.”
Services:
Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy
Specialties:
ADHD · Anxiety · Consensual Non-Monogamy · Gender Identity · Highly Sensitive People (HSP) · Relationship Issues · Self Esteem · Trauma & PTSD · Women’s Mental Health
Jordan Yarrington

Beautiful Day Counseling and Consulting PLLC

LMSW-C

Licensed In:
Michigan
“Any ages, any genders and any ethnicities. Diagnosis including anxiety, depression, PTSD, BPD, bipolar and OCD”
Services:
Child Therapy, Couples Therapy, Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
ADHD · Aging · Anger Management · Anxiety · Behavioral Issues · Bipolar Disorder · Burnout · Depression · Dissociative Disorders · Divorce · Grief · Infertility & Reproductive Mental Health · Life Transitions · Phobias · Sexual Abuse · Trauma & PTSD
Licensed In:
Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Mexico
“Adolescents through senior years, helping to improve the quality of life for those experiencing challenges with life transitions and adjustment issues, parenting, trauma/PTSD, anxiety, and depression.”
Services:
Family Therapy, Individual Therapy, Parenting Therapy, Teen Therapy
Specialties:
ADHD · Anger Management · Anxiety · Attachment · Behavioral Issues · Depression · Men’s Mental Health · Panic · Self Esteem · Trauma & PTSD

About Family Therapy

Online family therapy helps family members work on communication, conflict, transitions, parenting stress, sibling concerns, grief, divorce or separation, behavioral concerns, or patterns that keep repeating at home. Sessions may include the whole family, parents or caregivers only, siblings, adult family members, or different combinations over time.

Therapy Expanded helps you compare licensed online family therapists by state, family concerns, age groups served, therapy approach, insurance, language, and availability. If you are looking for therapy for one child or adolescent directly, browse child therapy or teen therapy. If the focus is parent guidance, co-parenting support, or your role as a caregiver, parenting therapy may be a better fit.

What To Know About Online Family Therapy

Online family therapy is a form of counseling that helps families work through challenges together using secure telehealth platforms, usually by video and sometimes by phone. Instead of focusing on just one person, family therapy looks at patterns within the family system: how people communicate, respond to conflict, support one another, and navigate stress as a group.

For many families, online therapy can make support more accessible. It may be easier to schedule sessions around school, work, childcare, or shared custody arrangements. It can also open up access to providers outside your immediate area, which may be especially helpful if you are looking for a therapist with experience in parenting concerns, child and teen mental health, blended family dynamics, grief, trauma, or major life transitions.

Online family therapy can support a wide range of concerns, including communication breakdowns, frequent conflict, parenting stress, sibling tension, behavioral concerns, divorce or separation, grief, illness, trauma, and adjustment to major changes at home. Some families seek therapy during a difficult season. Others use it to build stronger communication, healthier boundaries, and more supportive relationships over time.

It is also important to know that family therapy does not always mean every family member will be in every session. Depending on the provider and the goals of therapy, sessions may include the whole family, parents or caregivers only, siblings together, or different combinations over time. The therapist’s role is to help the family better understand what is happening beneath the surface and create healthier ways of relating.

That said, online family therapy is not the right fit for every situation. If there are serious safety concerns, ongoing abuse, coercion, or a family member cannot participate openly, a different type of support may be more appropriate. A qualified provider can help determine whether telehealth family therapy makes sense for your situation.

How Does Online Family Therapy Work?

Online family therapy usually begins by finding a provider who offers telehealth and has experience working with families. Many provider profiles list the age groups they work with, the types of family concerns they treat, their therapy style, fees, and scheduling details. Some also offer a consultation so you can ask questions before getting started.

After booking, you will typically complete intake forms and receive instructions for joining your session online. Depending on the family’s needs and the therapist’s approach, sessions may take place with everyone joining from one home, from separate devices in different rooms, or from different households altogether. A private setting, working technology, and clear expectations about who will attend can help sessions run more smoothly.

In the first few sessions, the therapist will usually learn about your family structure, the current challenges, and what everyone hopes will improve. You may talk about communication issues, emotional outbursts, discipline concerns, family stress, transitions, unresolved conflict, or patterns that keep repeating at home. The goal is not to assign blame to one person, but to understand how the family system is functioning and where change may be possible.

As therapy continues, sessions may focus on communication tools, emotional regulation, boundary-setting, conflict repair, parenting support, or helping family members better understand one another’s perspectives. Some therapists take a structured, skills-based approach, while others focus more on insight, family roles, and deeper relational patterns. Like in-person family therapy, online therapy works best when the people involved are willing to participate honestly and stay engaged in the process.

How to Find the Right Online Therapist for Family Therapy.

Finding the right online provider for family therapy starts with the practical basics. Make sure the therapist offers telehealth, works with families, and is licensed to provide care where participants will be located during sessions. If family members live in different households or states, that is especially important to confirm early.

Next, look for a provider whose experience matches your family’s needs. Some family therapists specialize in parenting and behavior concerns. Others focus on teens, blended families, divorce and co-parenting, grief, trauma, sibling conflict, or communication issues. A therapist with relevant experience is more likely to understand the dynamics you are navigating and offer support that feels useful.

It also helps to pay attention to the therapist’s style. Some family therapists are practical and structured, offering communication strategies, parenting tools, and clear steps to work on between sessions. Others take a more reflective approach, helping family members understand roles, emotional patterns, and long-standing dynamics. Reading provider bios can give you a sense of whether their approach feels like a good fit for your family.

Logistics matter too. Look at session cost, insurance information, scheduling options, cancellation policies, and whether the therapist allows family members to join from different locations. With family therapy, convenience can make a real difference in whether the process feels sustainable for everyone involved.

When available, a consultation can be a helpful next step. Ask what online family therapy with them usually looks like, who typically attends sessions, how they work with children or teens if relevant, and what kinds of family concerns they most often treat. The right provider should feel experienced, balanced, and able to create a space where different family members can be heard. Our directory makes that search easier by helping you compare providers and connect with care that fits your needs.

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Online Family Therapy FAQs

What is online family therapy?

Online family therapy is counseling for families delivered through telehealth. Sessions are usually held by video and may include parents, children, caregivers, siblings, or other family members, depending on the goals of therapy and the therapist’s approach.

How is online family therapy different from individual therapy?

Individual therapy focuses on one person’s thoughts, emotions, and goals. Family therapy looks at how people interact as a system. The goal is often to improve communication, reduce conflict, strengthen relationships, and help the family function more effectively together.

What issues can online family therapy help with?

Online family therapy may help with communication problems, parenting stress, sibling conflict, behavioral concerns, divorce or separation, blended family adjustment, grief, trauma, major life transitions, and ongoing tension at home. Some families also use therapy to strengthen already caring relationships and build healthier patterns.

Do all family members have to attend every session?

Not always. Some sessions may include the whole family, while others may involve only parents or caregivers, siblings, or selected family members. The structure usually depends on the therapist’s approach and what will be most helpful for the family’s goals.

Can children and teens participate in online family therapy?

Yes, many family therapists work with children and teens as part of online family therapy. The therapist may adjust the format based on age, attention span, developmental needs, and the specific concerns being addressed.

Can family members join from different locations?

Often, yes. Many online family therapists can work with family members joining from different homes or separate devices. However, licensing rules may still apply based on where each participant is physically located during the session, so it is important to confirm this with the provider in advance.

Is online family therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

For many families, yes. Research suggests online family therapy can be as effective as in-person therapy, especially in structured family-based treatments. A 2021 systematic review and meta-analysis found telehealth family therapy produced outcomes comparable to face-to-face care across many parent, child, and family measures, and reported no studies in which telehealth outcomes were worse than in-person treatment.

Will I still feel a real connection with my therapist online?

Yes, many families do. A strong therapeutic connection comes from feeling understood, respected, and supported, not only from being in the same room. Online family therapy can still feel personal, engaging, and collaborative when the provider is a good fit and the family is comfortable with the format.

How much does online family therapy cost?

The cost of online family therapy varies by provider, location, session length, and specialty. Some therapists are private pay only, while others may offer sliding-scale options. Provider profiles often include fee information or make it easy to ask about pricing before scheduling.

Can we use insurance for online family therapy?

Sometimes. Insurance coverage for family therapy and telehealth can vary by plan and provider. It is a good idea to check with both the provider and your insurance company to understand what may be covered and what your out-of-pocket costs could be.

When is online family therapy not the right choice?

Online family therapy may not be the best fit when there are immediate safety concerns, ongoing abuse, coercion, severe instability, or situations where someone cannot participate openly. In those cases, in-person care, individual support, or local crisis services may be more appropriate. If anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services or call the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 9-8-8 right away.

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