About Teresa
Teresa Cortas is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people through stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She offers calm, steady support for concerns like grief, low self-esteem, workplace strain, and parenting challenges. Teresa speaks English and practices from Illinois as an LCSW.
Her approach centers on listening first. She builds a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about guilt, shame, emptiness, and family problems.
How Teresa works
Teresa uses a mix of methods to help people find practical ways to cope and move forward. Teresa often draws on client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities. She pairs that with cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want to clarify goals and find reasons to act. Sessions focus on clear, usable steps. Teresa helps people set realistic goals, practice new skills, and test what works between sessions.
She pays attention to life purpose, forgiveness, and rebuilding strength after loss. Practical matters are part of the process. Teresa also addresses workplace issues, compassion fatigue, and career concerns in ways that fit daily life.
Over time she helps clients build routines that reduce stress and support long-term change.
Teresa lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Teresa works with
The areas below are the ones Teresa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches for change, offered online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following a person’s priorities. It helps when someone needs space to describe feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change patterns that cause distress. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to make changes and supports commitment to goals, which can be useful for career shifts, lifestyle changes, or stopping self-critical habits.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Teresa works with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques if something isn’t helping, so the work fits the person’s pace and situation.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people hold longer sessions and use face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain progress over time.
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