Dr. Teresa Grear, LCSW, CSW
Practical, person-centered help for stress and anger
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
How Teresa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, CSW
- Licensed in
- Georgia
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Teresa
Dr. Teresa Grear uses a practical, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anger, addictions, and relationship struggles. She is Dr.
Teresa Grear, LCSW, CSW, and she brings two decades of clinical experience to her work. She speaks plainly and focuses on steps clients can try between sessions. In sessions she encourages honest talk about values, feelings, and behavior.
She draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify what matters and take small, doable actions toward it.
Background and approach
Her work includes attention to trauma, grief, and identity concerns such as LGBT issues. She supports people dealing with career stress, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with intimacy-related worries, communication problems, and struggles around commitment and control.
Teresa aims to make therapy straightforward. Conversations are respectful and nonjudgmental. She helps people break problems into clear steps and try new responses in daily life.
Clients can expect a mix of exploring patterns and practicing specific skills. She also offers coaching-style guidance for people working toward life changes or clearer goals. Her Georgia license and twenty years of experience inform a practical, down-to-earth style.
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult 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
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, anger, and decisions about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns that feed distress and practicing simple skills to change reactions. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and anger management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape feelings and expectations, and it can help with intimacy, trust, and communication struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone works well when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to practice skills in real situations.
Questions people ask about Teresa
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, LGBT concerns, career and parenting stresses.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical. She combines listening with tools from CBT and ACT to help people change thoughts and take meaningful actions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including addictions, stress, and relationship struggles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LCSW and CSW and practices from Georgia.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer online?
She works using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.