About Terese
Terese Ghilarducci is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings 25 years of experience working with young people and families in school and social work settings. Her approach is warm and practical, aimed at helping people manage stress, anxiety, and the everyday problems that get in the way of school, work, and relationships.
She spent many years as a school counselor in alternative education and as a social worker with foster children and foster families.
Background and approach
That work involved helping adolescents facing school phobia, depression, substance use issues, and family conflict. Recently she returned to school counseling at the elementary level and continues to run classroom presentations on bullying, inclusion, and coping skills. In sessions she uses a client-centered style that respects each person's values and pace.
She often adds art and journaling to talk about feelings in a different way. She also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness tools to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try small experiments that change daily life.
Terese helps with a wide range of concerns including relationship and family stress, grief, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career uncertainties, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and addiction-related problems. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, attachment and abandonment, blended family dynamics, and body image struggles.
Her school background means she is comfortable working on practical skills for children and teens who struggle at school, as well as with adults navigating life changes. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches to change delivered online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. This approach helps people feel heard and guides conversations at a comfortable pace so they can work through anxiety, family stress, or grief.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical steps to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, school worries, mood concerns, and habits that cause problems in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with clients to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life demands. Together they try ideas, review what helps, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a session fits into a short break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, between-session support, or when writing helps process emotion. These options give flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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