Dr. Cynthia Agbayani , LPC

Dr. Cynthia Agbayani, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of clinical experience who works with children, youth, adults, and families. She specializes in attachment concerns, trauma and abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, parenting and family challenges, and severe mental illness, offering care across a wide range of needs from mild depression to schizophrenia. She is direct and empathic, combining clarity with compassion to support clients and their loved ones through difficult transitions and persistent struggles.

Her therapeutic stance is person-centered and intentionally eclectic, blending attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral strategies, trauma-focused techniques, solution-focused methods, and mindfulness to tailor treatment to each individual or family. Dr. Agbayani emphasizes collaboration, partnering with clients to develop practical plans that reflect their goals and circumstances. She stays engaged throughout the change process, guiding and encouraging clients as they build skills, process grief, repair relationships, and manage symptoms. Her experience includes supporting people facing relationship and intimacy issues, addiction and recovery concerns, parenting and blended-family dynamics, caregiver stress, and a variety of mood and behavioral challenges.

Dr. Agbayani approaches each case with a focus on strengths, attachment patterns, and workable strategies so clients can move toward greater functioning and resilience. She looks forward to working with those ready to take steps toward their goals.

Evidence-based approaches for online therapy and attachment work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people clarify their values and learn practical ways to act in line with those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It is useful for stress, anxiety, avoidance, and navigating life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and early connection patterns, exploring how those patterns affect current bonds with partners, family members, and caregivers. This approach is helpful for intimacy issues, blended-family challenges, abandonment concerns, and parenting dynamics.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Dr. Cynthia Agbayani collaborates with each person to identify methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She combines evidence-informed strategies and client-centered priorities so treatment feels relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility to meet clients where they are through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access licensed professionals without added travel. For many people, remote sessions provide a steady, adaptable way to engage in therapy and practice new skills between meetings.