About Teresa
Teresa Kelly is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with more than 20 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with individuals facing addiction, trauma, grief, depression, relationship struggles, and self-esteem concerns. Teresa emphasizes practical steps and clear conversation to help people move forward.
Her approach starts by listening closely to each person's story and strengths. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and helps them name problems and small goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills that can be used between appointments, and on making manageable changes over time. Teresa has worked across clinical settings in New York over two decades. That background informs a flexible style that adapts to each person's needs.
She draws on evidence-based techniques and aims to explain them in straightforward terms. Common topics she addresses include coping with life changes, workplace stress, caregiver strain, and problems related to substance or process addictions. She also helps people dealing with abandonment, aging-related concerns, and communication challenges.
Teresa encourages a collaborative pace. People who choose her can expect clear aims for therapy, practical tools to practice between sessions, and steady support while they work toward their goals.
Approaches and what online therapy offers
Teresa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical change. One common approach she draws on teaches coping skills for anxiety and stress, helping people identify triggers and practice short exercises to reduce immediate overwhelm. Another frequently used method centers on working through trauma and loss by creating safety in sessions and gradually addressing painful memories in a paced way.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Teresa collaborates with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. She explains options in plain language and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with Teresa is offered through multiple formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - so people can pick what fits their life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, coping prompts, or practice between longer appointments. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep steady contact while working toward goals.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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