About Teresa
Teresa Adams is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who centers her work on relationships and the stress they bring. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, and family or parenting strains so daily life feels more manageable. She uses practical, goal-oriented methods that help people name problems and try small changes.
Teresa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also applies elements of the Gottman Method when relationship dynamics are part of the concern.
Background and approach
With 16 years of professional experience, Teresa brings a long history of working with common relationship struggles. She has completed continuing education in anxiety, depression, stress, conflict, communication, and sexual issues. Her background includes study in marriage and family therapy and many years of hands-on experience raising a family herself.
Teresa aims for straightforward sessions where people can talk about what is worrying them and leave with concrete next steps. She asks direct questions and helps people practice new ways of interacting at home. Sessions can address parenting friction, communication problems, intimacy-related issues, and life changes that unsettle a household.
People who choose Teresa often want calm, practical guidance rather than long theoretical discussions. She offers empathy and clear feedback while helping clients build skills that reduce anxiety and improve relationships over time.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Teresa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change the thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety and depression. CBT sessions are often structured with concrete exercises and homework that translate well to video or text-based formats. The Gottman Method brings practical tools for improving communication and repairing trust in relationships, using direct skill practice that can be shown and coached over a video call.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Teresa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She will check in about what is working and adjust the plan so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstration of exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels uncomfortable. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, a parenting schedule, or long-distance situations, while keeping the focus on measurable progress and skill-building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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