About Teresa
Teresa Worthy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and the fallout from trauma and addiction. Teresa aims to create a respectful and compassionate space where people can talk through hard problems and find practical ways forward.
Her sessions are interactive and grounded in real skills people can use outside the room. Teresa draws from approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients change unhelpful thinking and build values-driven action.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered listening to make sure each plan fits the person she is working with. Over two decades in practice have exposed her to many life challenges. She supports people coping with ADHD, relationship difficulties, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, and work stress.
She has worked with people affected by domestic violence and other forms of trauma. Teresa adapts methods such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when emotion regulation or relationship patterns are central concerns. She prefers straightforward language and practical exercises that can be tried between sessions.
Her goal is to help clients notice small changes that add up to better daily functioning. Based in Mississippi, Teresa works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients as well. Her counseling style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and avoiding stigmatizing labels.
She frames therapy as a partnership focused on realistic goals and steady progress.
Evidence-informed approaches delivered online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Teresa works collaboratively to match methods to a client's goals and preferences. She listens to what matters most, suggests a plan, and adjusts techniques as progress unfolds so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when internet bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send notes between sessions or hold shorter exchanges when that works better for daily routines. These options aim to increase flexibility and help people engage in therapy in ways that suit their schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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