About Teresa
Teresa Worthy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 21 years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, addiction, and relationship pain. Teresa listens closely and works with each person to set realistic goals and steps for change.
Her sessions are interactive and respectful. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with sensitivity and compassion. Teresa blends different methods to match the needs of the person in front of her rather than using a single fixed approach.
Background and approach
She often helps people facing trauma and domestic violence aftermath. She also supports those dealing with parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, and emotional burnout. Work and career pressures, intimacy issues, and mood disorders like bipolar are also within her focus.
Teresa’s toolkit includes cognitive and emotion-focused strategies. She teaches practical coping skills, communication techniques, and ways to manage overwhelming feelings. Progress usually starts with small, achievable steps and practical practice between sessions.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance paired with warmth. Teresa aims to create a space where people feel heard and can try new ways of living. She practices from Mississippi and offers services that work for different lifestyles and schedules.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Teresa often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings, then move toward actions that reflect their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing patterns of behavior and coping, which often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and addictive behaviors.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Teresa will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together the therapist and client pick strategies and try them out, adjusting as needed so the plan fits the person's life and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deep conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not desired. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins, moment-to-moment support, or a way to fit therapy into a busy day. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit different routines and needs.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, Oregon
- Languages
- English