Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Teresa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Teresa
Teresa Cole is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 16 years of experience. She offers straightforward, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by anger, stress, or changing life demands. She focuses on helping people manage anger and strong emotions while also addressing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and addiction-related concerns.
Teresa also guides people facing career shifts and the everyday pressures of parenting and caregiving. Her work includes support around attachment and abandonment issues, body image, and living with chronic illness or disability.
Background and approach
Teresa uses evidence-informed approaches to help people notice patterns, try new behaviors, and set realistic goals. Sessions typically include talking through problems, learning skills to cope with intense emotions, and practicing ways to change unhelpful thoughts and reactions. She also draws on relationship-focused tools when communication or closeness are part of the concern.
People can expect a practical, down-to-earth style that aims to teach useful tools rather than only talk about feelings. Teresa explains techniques clearly and offers exercises to use between sessions. Her goal is to help people build new routines that reduce reactivity and improve daily functioning.
Teresa practices in California and provides services in English. She works online through a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text messaging formats so clients can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
What Teresa works with
Everything Teresa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Teresa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Approaches Teresa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online emotion work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It teaches values-based steps so clients can act toward what matters even when emotions are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and on learning concrete skills to manage anger, anxiety, and mood problems. It often uses short exercises and behavior experiments to test new ways of responding.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Teresa collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and daily life. She will try practical tools, check what helps, and adjust plans as needed so therapy remains useful and focused on real changes.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text sessions support shorter check-ins, written reminders, and ongoing coaching-style messages between visits. These options aim to fit therapy into busy schedules while keeping progress steady.
Questions people ask about Teresa
What concerns does Teresa address?
She helps people with anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, addictions, parenting strain, career changes, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and goal-oriented, combining emotion work with skills practice and problem solving to reduce reactivity and improve daily coping.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 16 years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, grief, and relationship issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a California Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, listed as LPCC, and practices within California.
What languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are costs handled and how do I begin?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.