About Theresa
Theresa Presley is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, anger, and ADHD. She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, career questions, and issues related to LGBT identity.
Theresa draws on a strengths-based approach while using practical tools from cognitive behavioral ideas. Sessions focus on building a trusting relationship and on understanding how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.
Background and approach
She aims to make conversations straightforward and useful so people can try new strategies between sessions. Her background includes work in inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and independent practice. That variety shaped a flexible way of responding to different problems and life stages.
Theresa typically blends emotion-focused and trauma-aware methods when someone brings painful memories or relationship hurts. When people come in feeling overwhelmed, she starts by listening and identifying small steps that can reduce stress. Together they set goals that fit daily life.
Theresa pays attention to both immediate coping and longer-term patterns so change can stick. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for people in Missouri. Sessions are organized through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and closeness. It looks at how early relationship experiences shape current reactions and helps people build more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how traumatic events affect daily life and uses gradual, supportive methods to reduce overwhelm and improve coping.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa works with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. She checks in about what feels useful and adjusts plans as people try new tools and strategies.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation, while phone sessions can work when a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for quick reflections, tracking progress, or brief support between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit work, family, and daily routines while still using evidence-informed methods.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas, Illinois
- Languages
- English
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