Teresa Robertson

Teresa Robertson, LMHC, LCPC, helps people facing big life changes and everyday stress. She offers calm, practical support for anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and career or parenting stress. Her style is direct and collaborative, with a focus on what a person needs right now.

Teresa worked in community mental health and social services for over 18 years before moving into private practice in 2014. She earned a master’s degree in professional counseling from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in 1999 and later completed graduate level coursework in human sexuality, grief and trauma counseling.

Her approach blends methods rather than relying on a single technique. She draws from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practices, and trauma-focused methods to match the needs of each person. Teresa pays attention to how stress shows up in the body and mind and adjusts strategies to each person’s culture and life situation.

In sessions she aims to build trust and practical skills. She encourages input from the person seeking help and works together to set goals. Teresa’s background includes work with mood disorders, ADHD, trauma and abuse, parenting and blended family issues, and concerns such as isolation, panic, and seasonal mood changes.

Teresa is licensed in Florida and Illinois as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English.

How Teresa’s approaches translate to online work

Teresa commonly uses client-centered conversations and cognitive behavioral techniques that fit well into online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and building goals together so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral techniques involve identifying patterns of thinking and trying new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression.

She also uses elements of mindfulness and dialectical behavior ideas to teach skills for emotion regulation and grounding. Mindfulness exercises help with awareness and reducing reactivity, while DBT-style skills offer step-by-step ways to cope with strong emotions and improve communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Teresa will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust strategies over time in collaboration with the client.

The practical benefit of online sessions is fitting therapy into a busy life. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online work can make scheduling easier, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that works better for a day’s routine. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to help people practice new skills between appointments.