- Years in practice
- 16
- Credentials
- LSCSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Missouri, Kansas, Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Theresa
Theresa Presley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of experience. She practices in Missouri and has worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and independent practice. Theresa focuses on common parenting pressures alongside stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and LGBTQ+ concerns.
She uses a strength-based approach and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions aim to build a trusting working relationship where parents can talk through challenges without judgment.
Background and approach
Theresa emphasizes practical steps that fit everyday life. Her background includes long-term work with people facing trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and relationship struggles. That variety has shaped her to be warm, empathetic, and attentive in sessions.
She makes time to listen first and then focus on manageable change. Theresa also brings experience with intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She frames goals in terms of small, concrete shifts that add up over time.
This helps parents balance caregiving demands with personal wellbeing. In appointments she helps clients identify strengths and safety, then practices skills for coping and communication. The work is collaborative and paced to the individual.
Many people find this approach helpful when life feels overwhelming and they want realistic, steady progress.
What Theresa works with
Everything Theresa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Theresa helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
Approaches Theresa lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions, and it helps people learn new ways to connect and feel safer in relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on understanding and reducing the impact of traumatic experiences through paced processing and coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practice of new skills. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins. Chat or text work well for brief updates, ongoing support between sessions, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy parenting schedule and maintain steady progress.
Questions people ask about Theresa
What concerns does Theresa address?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship struggles, grief, addictions, and parenting challenges. Other areas include LGBTQ issues, ADHD, bipolar, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Theresa practices from a strength-based stance and focuses on building a trusting relationship. She helps clients connect thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and works in a practical, down-to-earth way.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 16 years of social work experience in inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and independent practice. That variety informs her flexible approach to different concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds KS LSCSW and IL LCSW credentials and practices in Missouri as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Theresa provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How is cost structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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