About Theresa
Theresa Bradbury uses evidence-based therapies to help people manage intense emotions and life changes. She is a Pennsylvania Psychologist with 26 years of experience. Theresa keeps language clear and practical so parents can understand next steps quickly.
Her work focuses on trauma and abuse, anger, depression, anxiety, stress, and addictions. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, career stresses, and coping with major life changes.
How Theresa works
Theresa helps with attention differences, bipolar disorder, sleep and eating concerns, and compassion fatigue. Theresa spent many years working on child and adolescent psychiatric units where she helped with behavioral dysregulation and learning difficulties. She has also served as an educational consultant creating individualized education plans and 504 plans for students returning to school.
That background gives her practical insight into school systems and educational supports. She worked for twelve years as a school psychologist in Pittsburgh and later practiced on the west coast, administering and interpreting many psychoeducational tests. While in-person testing is currently limited, she can still discuss school progress and planning with caregivers.
In independent practice Theresa has advanced study and experience with PTSD, anger management, depression, and ADHD in both children and adults. Her approach emphasizes clear goals, skill-building, and practical coping strategies that families and individuals can use day to day.
Theresa lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Theresa works with
The areas below are the ones Theresa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | PA Psychologist PS L |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How Theresa’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then move toward things that matter to them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, trauma responses, and stress that gets in the way of daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and then practicing new skills. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep or eating concerns.
Theresa treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they pick or blend methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face to face from their chosen location and are good for skills practice and deeper conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing coaching between sessions possible. These options help therapy fit into busy family and work schedules.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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