About Theresa
Theresa Shultz helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, and depression. She is Theresa Shultz, a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with 16 years of experience. Her background includes long-term recovery from alcoholism, and she draws on that lived experience when supporting people through change.
Theresa keeps sessions straightforward and down-to-earth. She aims to be warm, attentive, direct, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on practical steps and tools that fit each person’s life and goals.
How Theresa works
Theresa works at a pace the client chooses and partners with them as a team. Her work commonly addresses problems like anger, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship concerns, and career stress. She also supports people facing ADHD, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue, and isolation.
Additional focus areas include first responder and veteran issues, process addictions, phobias, seasonal mood shifts, and self-harm concerns. Theresa uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. In practice she helps people identify clear goals, try small changes, and build skills to cope with setbacks.
She explains techniques plainly and encourages experimentation to find what works. Theresa offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. She provides support in English and does not take international clients.
Therapy sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Theresa lists 7 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
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that fit real-life challenges online
Theresa often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them drive behavior. ACT focuses on values and small committed actions to move toward a meaningful life even when emotions are strong.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. CBT teaches concrete skills for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday struggles. Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to build present-moment awareness and stress reduction.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will discuss your goals, try different techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps. She treats the first few sessions as a chance to find what fits your needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls let you see each other for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you need a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, focused exchanges between scheduled sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family, and other commitments.
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