About Theresa
Theresa Williams is a licensed social worker in Michigan with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and mood concerns. Theresa describes therapy as practical work that helps people feel more capable in daily life.
Theresa draws on a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques with motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas.
How Theresa works
This lets her teach concrete skills for emotion regulation, problem solving, and changing unhelpful thinking. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Theresa helps people set small, doable steps and evaluates progress together.
She also offers trauma-focused methods when past hurts are part of what keeps someone stuck. Theresa supports people who are coping with parenting strain, relationship problems, career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, and life transitions. She also addresses concerns such as eating issues, anger, bipolar mood management, and questions of life purpose and self-love.
Theresa works with individuals who prefer faith-informed care as part of their process. She values collaboration and treats clients as the experts on their own lives. Her style is practical, steady, and focused on helping people build skills that fit real life.
Theresa lists 6 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
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Theresa’s approaches translate to online therapy
Theresa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; this approach often includes simple exercises and homework to practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills focus on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and building better interpersonal effectiveness, which can be taught in step-by-step coaching during conversations. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to clarify goals and strengthen motivation when someone feels stuck or uncertain about change.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Theresa will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences, and together they will pick strategies that make the most sense. She adjusts methods over time based on what helps the individual progress.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and skill demonstrations, phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth needs or when video is not practical, live chat and text allow shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and different routines.
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