About Theresa
Theresa Huffines is a licensed social worker who blends practical tools with respectful listening. She holds an MD and is licensed as LCSW-C and LCSW, and brings eight years of clinical experience to her work. Theresa focuses on clear steps people can use to manage stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and relationship struggles.
She prefers an active, strengths-based style that helps people find what already works for them. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill practice, and checking progress between meetings.
Background and approach
Theresa uses straightforward approaches to help with everyday problems like communication breakdowns, parenting strain, work stress, and life transitions. Her background includes work in outpatient mental health, substance abuse outreach, therapeutic foster care case management, and counseling center internships. Those roles shaped her practical focus on coping skills, relapse prevention, and navigating grief and family tensions.
She also has experience coordinating community supports and referrals. Theresa commonly draws on client-centered techniques to build rapport and on cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She layers mindfulness and solution-focused strategies to keep sessions concrete and useful.
Motivational interviewing is used when change feels uncertain or stalled. People who prefer clear goals, step-by-step plans, and steady check-ins often find her approach helpful. She works collaboratively to set realistic goals and adjust strategies as needed.
Theresa practices in Florida and offers sessions in English, including options for international clients.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Theresa often uses client-centered therapy to build a strong working relationship. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people set their own goals. It is useful when someone needs a supportive space to sort through feelings and priorities.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT offers practical steps and exercises to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness techniques are added when helpful to train attention and ease emotional reactivity through simple practices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Theresa will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and daily demands. She will adjust strategies over time based on what is helpful and what is not.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is preferred. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing check-ins, quick skill reminders, and work between sessions. These options provide flexibility for different schedules, attention spans, and comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Florida
- Languages
- English