About Teresa
Teresa Robertson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who offers a calm, practical way to handle stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. She works with people facing mood changes, parenting challenges, career stress, and identity concerns including LGBT issues. Teresa has 19 years of clinical experience and brings a steady presence to sessions.
She began her clinical work in community mental health and social service settings, then moved into independent practice in 2014.
Background and approach
Teresa holds a master’s degree in professional counseling from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She later completed graduate coursework in human sexuality, grief and loss, and trauma counseling. Teresa draws on an integrative approach that blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral tools and mindfulness skills.
She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and EMDR to address trauma and intense emotional reactions. Sessions focus on practical strategies people can use between appointments. Her work emphasizes collaboration.
Teresa invites input about goals and adapts methods to someone’s personality and life situation. She pays attention to how stress affects the brain and behavior and explains things in plain language. People who come to Teresa typically leave with clearer choices and steady coping skills.
She aims to help clients build insight, strengthen self-acceptance, and develop routines that support daily functioning. Her practice is based in Florida and reflects nearly two decades of experience supporting a wide range of concerns.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience. In online sessions this means the therapist tunes into what matters most to the client and follows their lead to set goals and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It works well over video or messaging because homework and skill practice can be reviewed between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills for intense feelings and relationship challenges; these techniques are often taught in short, actionable steps that fit remote formats.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals, preferences, and current situation. That decision can be adjusted as work progresses so techniques remain useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or movement is easier, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on skill-building and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Illinois
- Languages
- English