About Teresa
Teresa Lewis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with two decades of hands-on experience in mental health care. She uses a person-centered style that gives each client space to set goals and guide the work. Teresa draws on practical therapies to help people manage symptoms and move toward what matters to them.
She began social work studies at the University of Montana and later completed her LCSW credential in 2003.
How Teresa works
Her clinical background includes outpatient, intensive outpatient, and psychological inpatient settings. That range shapes how she helps people facing both mental health and medical challenges. Teresa works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and issues with intimacy or relationships.
She also supports people coping with chronic pain, caregiving strain, cancer, adoption and foster care questions, and life changes such as divorce or separation. In sessions she uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), client-centered methods, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
She also applies motivational interviewing and rational emotive approaches when they fit the client's goals. Teresa aims to build straightforward plans that match each person's needs. She emphasizes collaboration, clear steps, and practical coping skills.
Many clients focus on concrete outcomes like better sleep, reduced panic, clearer communication, or healthier coping with stress.
Teresa lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Teresa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while reducing avoidance. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and test practical behavior changes that can reduce symptoms such as low mood or panic.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Teresa meets clients where they are and discusses which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She treats the choice as collaborative and adjusts techniques based on how a person responds over time.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client use face-to-face interaction for skills coaching. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Text and live chat work well for brief updates, homework, or when someone prefers writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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