Fay Callam, LICSW, LCSW

Fay Callam is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, and the fallout of trauma. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy alongside client-centered methods to help people change unhelpful thoughts and feel heard. Fay works with grief, relationship struggles, parenting stress, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and life transitions.

Fay emphasizes practical steps. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep problems going and testing small changes people can use right away. She blends mindfulness exercises with goal-focused work so clients can practice new skills between appointments.

Trauma and abuse are a major part of her practice. Fay uses approaches like EMDR and trauma-informed conversation to help people reduce the intensity of painful memories and learn ways to cope when distress rises. She also supports people facing self-harm urges and helps them build safer routines.

Her background includes long clinical experience in a range of settings and training at major universities, and she follows the social work code of ethics in all work. Fay pays attention to cultural context and multicultural concerns when planning care. She also recognizes seasonal struggles and can address Seasonal Affective Disorder symptoms alongside other problems.

Sessions are offered from Alaska and she communicates in English. Fay is willing to work with international clients and uses a flexible mix of session formats to meet different needs.

Practical approaches for online therapy

Fay commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change thought patterns that worsen anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT sessions often include homework tasks and simple experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, respect, and following the person's priorities to shape goals and next steps.

Fay can also bring trauma-focused methods such as EMDR into remote work when appropriate, which aims to reduce the intensity of distressing memories through guided processing and support. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Fay works with each person to match methods to their goals, cultural context, and comfort level, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different needs. Video lets people see visual cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to fit a short break. Live chat and text messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing reflections between longer appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent across time zones and schedules.