About Theresa
Theresa Fillingim is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Georgia who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and other life disruptions. She uses a warm, nonjudgmental style to build trust and teach practical skills. Theresa focuses on clear, achievable goals and checks progress each step of the way.
Theresa draws on 17 years of counseling experience and a mix of academic training in counseling, psychology, and pastoral care.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual concerns connect. This lets her tailor sessions to what matters most to each person. Her approach centers on the client.
Theresa emphasizes empathy, respectful listening, and unconditional positive regard while introducing tools from several therapies. She uses techniques that help people manage symptoms, change unhelpful thinking patterns, and strengthen relationships when that is relevant to their goals. Theresa often works with people experiencing co-occurring issues such as addiction alongside anxiety or trauma alongside depression.
She helps clients break concerns into manageable steps, set specific short-term goals, and practice skills between sessions to get real-world results. Sessions may include skill teaching, guided conversation, emotion-focused work, and practical problem solving. Theresa encourages a collaborative pace so people feel comfortable moving forward.
Her aim is straightforward: help clients gain the tools to live with more balance and satisfaction.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Theresa uses client-centered work to create a respectful, listening-focused space where people can talk through their concerns and identify what matters most to them. This approach helps when someone needs understanding, validation, and a chance to set personal goals.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing new skills to change behavior and mood. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and for breaking cycles that keep problems in place. Emotionally-Focused Therapy is another influence; it helps people notice and work with strong emotions to improve how they relate to themselves and others.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try techniques that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. The aim is to match methods to what actually helps the person move forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and a fuller conversational flow. Phone sessions can be a good option when lower bandwidth or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing coaching, brief updates between meetings, or check-ins when typing feels easier. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English