About Terese
Terese Ghilarducci is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience in California. She uses a client-centered approach and aims to make therapy understandable and practical for people of all ages. Her work often includes art and journaling to help people express difficult feelings and discover new ways to cope.
Terese has a long history in school settings, including many years as a counselor for adolescents in alternative education and more recent work at an elementary school.
How Terese works
That background shaped her skills helping students manage school phobia, anxiety about making friends, and worries that get in the way of learning. She also led classroom presentations on bullying, inclusion, and coping strategies, and ran support groups on related topics. Earlier in her career she worked as a social worker with foster children and foster families.
That experience informs her sensitivity to adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and family of origin patterns. She brings that perspective when people talk about abandonment, blended family tensions, or caregiver stress. Her clinical approach blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques when useful.
Terese focuses on practical skills - lowering anxiety, improving communication, managing mood, and spotting unhelpful thinking patterns. She adapts methods to each person's needs, often using short exercises, journaling prompts, or simple behavioral steps. Sessions are offered in English and provided via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Terese holds a California LMFT credential and works with a range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, grief, parenting strains, and LGBT-related issues.
Terese lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Terese works with
The areas below are the ones Terese selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Intellectual disability
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Terese’s Approaches Work Online
Terese uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's experience. This approach means sessions start with the person's priorities and feelings, and the therapist follows their lead to build trust and understanding. It is helpful for people who need a calm space to be heard and make sense of difficult emotions.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at patterns of thought and behavior. CBT provides straightforward tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and to try small behavioral changes that can reduce anxiety or low mood. These techniques are useful for stress, worry, and mood regulation.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Terese works with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adapts exercises, journaling prompts, and mindfulness practices so they fit the person's life and what they want to accomplish in therapy.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial expressions and use screen-shared worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or the session needs to be shorter. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, journaling prompts, or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, or family routines.
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