About Teresa
Teresa Lewis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She practices from a person-centered stance and focuses on each individual's goals. Teresa aims to create a respectful space where people can make choices about their care and feel heard.
She trained in social work at the University of Montana and earned her LCSW in 2003. That background includes work in outpatient, intensive outpatient, and inpatient settings.
Background and approach
She also brings experience as a medical social worker, which helps when health problems coexist with mental health concerns. Teresa uses practical methods that match what a person needs. She offers Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people focus on values and meaningful action.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used for identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new responses. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is offered for clients dealing with trauma, panic, or PTSD symptoms.
Teresa has long experience with addictions and co-occurring disorders, and she integrates motivational interviewing when readiness for change is a focus. People working with Teresa can expect clear goals and a collaborative plan. She emphasizes realistic steps and practical strategies that fit day-to-day life.
Her Montana practice centers on steady support while people work through stress, grief, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Teresa commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on identifying values and taking meaningful action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear, which can help with anxiety and life changes. CBT looks at thought patterns and behaviors, teaching practical skills to reduce worry and improve sleep and mood.She treats approach selection as a team effort. Early sessions are used to learn what matters to the client, what has helped before, and what feels realistic. From there she recommends or blends approaches so the work suits the person's needs and goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give flexibility for different schedules and situations. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while working on anxiety, trauma recovery, addiction concerns, and other issues.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
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