About Theresa
Theresa Stanford is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida with 35 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, panic, grief, or depression. Her approach focuses on practical steps and on the strengths each person brings to change.
Theresa listens for what matters most to each client and works together to set clear, manageable goals. She uses techniques suited to the problem at hand, and she explains choices in plain language so people know what to expect.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize skills that can be practiced between appointments. She has a long history of helping people with concentration and focus challenges, including issues related to attention and memory. Theresa also helps people facing social anxiety, phobias, and the strong physical reactions that come with panic attacks.
Her work includes talking through relationship strain, communication problems, and questions about life purpose. Theresa has found that tools like biofeedback can be useful for managing stress responses, and she draws on practical strategies to support lasting change. She encourages gradual steps and clear exercises tailored to daily life.
The first conversations center on what the person wants to change and which steps feel realistic. Her style is straightforward and supportive. Theresa aims to empower each person to use their own strengths while building new skills.
She helps people move from feeling stuck toward clearer, calmer days.
Approaches that help with anxiety and stress online
Theresa uses evidence-based techniques that focus on reducing physical and emotional reactivity and on improving daily functioning. One approach helps people learn to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and depression going; it includes simple exercises and homework to practice new ways of thinking. Another approach focuses on calming the body and reducing intense physical reactions - it includes breathing and biofeedback-style tools to lower panic and stress responses.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick techniques and pace the work so it fits the person’s life and comfort level.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide ongoing support between sessions and can make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or family tasks.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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