About Theresa
Theresa Smith uses a client-centered approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and life changes. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience. Theresa aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through painful events and find steady steps forward.
Over 20 years she has worked with individuals affected by domestic violence, sexual abuse, and substance use. That background led to work in drug court and personal substance-abuse counseling for nine years.
Background and approach
Those settings gave practical experience supporting people through grief, recovery, shame, and anger. Theresa integrates several evidence-based methods in straightforward ways. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and change behaviors.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on relationship patterns and felt safety. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) practices support values-based choices when life feels overwhelming. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters to each person.
Theresa listens, asks clear questions, and offers tools that can be tried between sessions. She includes faith-based resources like Biblical counseling and prayer when a client requests spiritual support. Theresa works with adults on concerns such as depression, bipolar symptoms, intimacy-related issues, career stress, and coping with life transitions.
She emphasizes respect, compassion, and practical steps toward more stable daily life. If someone is ready to change, she helps build a plan that fits their goals and circumstances.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Theresa uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based ideas in deliberate, down-to-earth ways. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; online sessions can include exercises and homework to practice between meetings. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in relationships and learning new ways to feel connected and regulated during conflict or stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Theresa will talk with each person about their goals, history, and preferences, then recommend ways to proceed. That collaboration means methods can shift over time as needs change and as clients try techniques and report what helps.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, immediate processing, or supplementing longer sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can keep consistent momentum while balancing daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English