About Theresa
Theresa Huffines is a licensed clinical social worker and medical doctor with eight years of experience helping people navigate stressful life moments. She blends straightforward guidance with practical tools to address anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and career concerns. Theresa uses clear, strengths-based methods to help people build coping skills and make decisions under pressure.
She draws on solution-focused and client-centered approaches to set goals and highlight what is already working in someone’s life.
How Theresa works
Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that fuel worry or low mood. Her background includes work in outpatient mental health, substance abuse outreach, and case management in therapeutic foster care. She has also provided services connected to medical settings and university counseling centers, which shaped her collaborative approach to care.
Theresa holds a Master of Social Work and earned academic honors during her studies. In sessions she aims to be direct but supportive, offering tools people can try between meetings. She often uses mindfulness practices for stress relief and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change.
The focus is practical progress rather than lengthy theory talks. Theresa works with adults on concerns such as parenting strain, family problems, grief, addiction, intimacy-related worries, and managing mood disorders like bipolar. She also supports people facing life transitions, career decisions, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions are offered in English and she serves clients in Florida as well as international clients online.
Theresa lists 5 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Registers | MD, LCSW-C, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Theresa’s approaches work online
Theresa uses client-centered therapy to create a collaborative, respectful atmosphere where the person’s goals lead the work. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and building on strengths to move forward. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems like anxiety and depression active and teaches practical skills to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Theresa will discuss your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then recommend techniques to try. That process is collaborative and may combine approaches so the plan fits your life and needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you see one another and work through guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short skill practice, or when a written note fits better into a busy day.
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