About Theresa
Theresa Parris-Perry is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience. She focuses on stress and anxiety along with relationship and family concerns. Theresa helps people coping with trauma, grief, addictions, and life transitions.
She emphasizes each person's strengths and choices in therapy. Theresa uses a straightforward, compassionate style in sessions. She listens first and helps clients name the problems that feel most urgent.
Together they build small, practical steps to reduce anxiety and manage stress.
Background and approach
Theresa also addresses anger, intimacy worries, parenting strain, and career-related stress. Her approach draws on several well-known methods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors.
Mindfulness techniques support grounding and stress reduction through present-moment attention. Client-centered work keeps the person’s goals central and guides the pace of change. With long experience in New York settings, Theresa has worked with a wide range of life challenges.
She encourages people to use their existing strengths while learning new coping skills. Sessions focus on realistic goals and measurable steps that fit everyday life. Theresa aims to create a space where people feel heard and understood.
She helps clients clarify what they want to change and makes a plan to get there. The emphasis is practical - reducing symptoms, restoring balance, and improving day-to-day functioning.
How Theresa’s Approaches Work Online
Theresa blends practical methods that translate well to online formats. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors; it works well for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching clear exercises and homework. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm, which can be practiced between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy places the person’s goals and choices at the center, guiding the pace of work and making sure each step feels manageable.Finding the right combination of approaches is part of therapy. Theresa collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on progress and feedback to keep work relevant and realistic.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions, do shorter updates, or fit support into a busy day. These options help people access consistent care while balancing work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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