About Theresa
Theresa Shultz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. She brings 16 years of experience and a personal recovery story to her work, and she focuses on practical help for anxiety, stress, addiction, grief, and depression. Her manner is warm, direct, and nonjudgmental.
She aims to help people set clear goals and take steps toward them. Theresa centers sessions on what a person wants to change.
Background and approach
She listens closely, asks straightforward questions, and offers tools that can be tried between visits. Her approach is collaborative - she and the client decide on goals and next steps together. Sessions move at a pace that feels manageable for the person coming in.
She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, acceptance and commitment therapy, and motivational interviewing. That mix lets her help with unhelpful thoughts, build practical coping skills, and increase values-based action. She also uses solution-focused techniques when a short-term plan is helpful.
Theresa has personal experience with recovery from alcohol use, which informs her work with people facing addictions and related struggles. She also has experience addressing trauma, anger, sleep problems, parenting stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Those concerns often come up alongside anxiety and depression.
Theresa offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and messaging. People may find those formats useful for fitting therapy into busy days or for checking in between sessions. To start, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to arrange appointments.
Online approaches that focus on action and awareness
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then move toward actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, life transitions, and struggles with motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns that fuel anxiety and depression.Theresa uses these approaches alongside client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to shape a plan that fits each person. She works collaboratively to figure out which methods make the most sense based on goals and personal preference, and she adjusts methods over time as needed.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes therapy more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers voice only. Live chat and messaging provide brief check-ins or support between sessions and can fit into a busy schedule. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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