Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
How Teresa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Minnesota, Texas
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Teresa
Teresa Riley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. She began in crisis mental health and residential treatment settings and now works with adults facing relationship problems, addiction, anger, trauma, and mood concerns. Teresa uses a practical, straightforward style in sessions to help people gain tools and perspective.
She favors an integrative approach that tailors methods to each person's needs. In session she listens for what matters most and then teaches coping skills, communication strategies, and ways to manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with stress, anxiety, depression, or substance use and leave with clearer steps to take. Teresa also supports people dealing with grief, intimacy issues, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and life transitions. She has worked in men's residential addiction treatment and teen residential trauma settings, and brings that background into her work with adults.
That experience shapes how she responds to crisis and complex situations. Her approach draws from attachment-based ideas, client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and emotionally-focused methods. She combines these so sessions stay practical and goal-oriented.
Clients often learn skills they can use between appointments. Teresa practices in Texas as an LMFT and conducts sessions in English. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
To begin, someone completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that works for them.
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
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Teresa lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy methods translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on relationships and safety in connection. Online sessions use conversation and targeted exercises to spot attachment patterns and practice new ways of relating to others. This helps with relationship stress, trust issues, and intimacy concerns.Client-centered therapy centers on the person’s experience. The therapist provides empathic listening and gentle reflection so individuals can clarify goals and make choices. This approach supports people coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by prioritizing their perspective.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to try methods that fit their needs and goals. If something isn’t working, the plan can be adjusted so sessions remain useful and focused on real-life changes.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is good for in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging allows short reflections between appointments. These options provide flexibility while using the same therapeutic methods as in-person work.
Questions people ask about Teresa
What kinds of problems does Teresa address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, trauma, relationship troubles, parenting strain, grief, and related concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses a practical, integrative approach that focuses on skills and clear steps. Sessions mix listening with teaching tools for emotion regulation and communication.
How long has she been practicing?
Teresa has 25 years of experience working in crisis mental health, residential treatment, and outpatient clinical settings.
Where is Teresa licensed and based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in Texas holding the LMFT credential listed as TX LMFT and MN LMFT.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Appointments are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How do fees and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model 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 then schedule a session according to therapist availability.