- ACT methods
- CBT tools
- Mindfulness work
About Toni
Toni Lynn Weeks is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey with nine years of clinical experience. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem concerns, and depression. Toni also focuses on problems like abandonment, communication struggles, divorce and separation, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
She prefers straightforward, person-centered work that centers on practical steps. Sessions look at what is happening now and what patterns keep a person stuck. Toni draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and test unhelpful thoughts. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness exercises to build moment-to-moment coping skills.
In conversation she uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify values and take small steps toward what matters to them. Solution-focused methods are used when clients want shorter-term, goal-oriented work. The approach is collaborative and concrete - talk, small behavioral experiments, and focused practice between sessions.
Many people come to her carrying heavy guilt or shame from relationships, past choices, faith contexts, or family messages. Toni helps people name those feelings, trace how they affect daily life, and try different ways of responding rather than staying locked in self-blame.
Her practice emphasizes clear goals and steady progress. Sessions are practical and aimed at everyday changes that fit a client's life. People who want to address mood symptoms, panic, social anxiety, or trouble at work will find a mix of therapies brought to the problem at hand.
Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting led by them. It focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed action toward what matters, which can be useful for guilt and shame tied to life choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. In sessions a person and the therapist identify unhelpful thinking patterns, test them with small experiments, and practice alternative responses to reduce distress from anxiety or depression.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and the client's own goals. This approach supports people who need time to understand their feelings, including lingering shame from relationships or family messages.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Toni will help figure out which approaches fit a client's needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Therapists can adjust exercises so they work over a video call or by phone depending on the person's situation.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Listed in
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Toni works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem issues, and depression. She also addresses guilt and shame and related topics like abandonment and forgiveness.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to name unhelpful thoughts and notice how shame shows up in the body. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools are used to help people act in line with their values despite painful feelings.
What is her background and experience?
Toni has nine years of experience as a counselor. Her work combines short-term solution-focused steps with longer work on trauma, mood, and relational patterns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey.
Can I see her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.