About Theresa
Theresa Presley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Missouri. She has 16 years of social work experience and helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship struggles. Theresa often supports people with parenting concerns, LGBTQ issues, addiction, grief, and challenges with self-esteem and career changes.
She has worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and independent practice. Those varied settings shaped a practical, down-to-earth approach.
Background and approach
Theresa uses a strength-based view and helps people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Theresa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and attachment ideas to guide sessions. She focuses on building trust and a steady working relationship.
Sessions tend to center on clear goals and concrete steps clients can try between meetings. Theresa also uses Emotionally-Focused work and trauma-informed methods when grief, attachment wounds, or painful past events are part of the story. She pays attention to emotions and patterns in relationships to help people feel more connected to themselves and others.
People describe her as warm, caring, and a good listener. Therapy with her aims to highlight strengths, reduce overwhelm, and develop practical skills for daily life. She works with each person at their own pace to move through difficult times and build more reliable coping.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Theresa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and adjust unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. This approach breaks problems into small parts and gives practical skills to test between sessions, which can ease anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address relationship patterns and emotional bonds. Those approaches focus on how past and present relationships shape feelings and reactions, helping people build more supported and satisfying connections.
Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Theresa works together with each person to decide which methods fit best. Early sessions usually explore goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then the plan is adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Chat or text formats are helpful for brief check-ins, homework review, or when shorter, more frequent contact is useful. These options provide flexibility so therapy can fit into school, work, or caregiving schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- 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