About Theresa
Theresa Ewing is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who helps people manage grief, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and ADHD-related struggles. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Theresa aims to create clear goals and a plan for reaching them.
Theresa uses straightforward talk and active problem-solving in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation and coping strategies for intense feelings. Her work often centers on life transitions - like caregiving, illness, divorce, or changes in family roles. Theresa supports people facing end-of-life and hospice issues, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of cancer and aging.
She pays attention to how family of origin and blended family dynamics affect day-to-day life. Sessions are oriented around goals. Theresa helps clients break larger concerns into small, doable steps.
She uses homework and skills practice between meetings so progress continues outside the session. Theresa practices in Illinois as an LCSW and conducts sessions in English. People can expect a calm, practical approach that focuses on tangible changes and building coping skills.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Theresa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress because it breaks problems into concrete steps and experiments. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT tools can help when emotions feel overwhelming or when communication with others is strained. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try skills, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Theresa aims to match strategies to the person’s needs and preferences rather than using a single method for everyone. Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick skill coaching, written reflections, or touchpoint support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum on skills practice.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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