About Theresa
Theresa Fillingim offers calm, steady support for people struggling with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and mood challenges. She speaks plainly and listens closely, helping clients set small, achievable goals. Theresa aims to build trust over time while teaching practical skills to manage daily life.
Theresa holds a Master of Counseling and Psychology from the University of West Alabama and a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Care from Mercer University Atlanta.
How Theresa works
She also earned a BA in Theology and Philosophy from St. Joseph's College of Maine. Her license is LPC and she has 17 years of clinical experience in Georgia.
Her style emphasizes a client-centered stance. She brings a non-judgmental presence and offers empathy as she helps people identify what matters most to them. Theresa combines attention to emotional patterns with tools that address thoughts and behaviors.
Theresa often works with people facing co-occurring concerns such as addiction plus mood or trauma plus anxiety. She also focuses on relationship struggles, grief, parenting strain, body image, chronic illness, and issues around attachment and abandonment. Sessions are practical and goal oriented, with steps that can be measured over time.
Theresa describes her approach as holistic and integrative, attending to physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. She aims to help clients find simple strategies they can use between sessions to feel more capable and hopeful.
Theresa lists 11 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How Theresa's Approaches Work Online
Theresa uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional reactions. This approach helps people understand patterns of connection and build more supported ways of relating. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and habits that interfere with daily life.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and try methods that match those needs. Together they adjust techniques over time so the work feels useful and relevant to everyday life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can fit into a busy schedule or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, or quick skills practice between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to use the methods discussed in real time.
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