About Teresa
Teresa Riley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. She practices in Texas and brings a steady, practical approach to people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles.
Background and approach
Teresa begins by listening to what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple steps that can be used between meetings.
She works with individuals and couples to address intimacy, parenting strain, communication problems, and the emotional effects of trauma and loss. Her background includes crisis mental health, residential treatment for addiction, and outpatient clinical work.
That experience informs how she helps people manage strong emotions like anger and fear, and how she supports recovery from substance use and co-occurring mental health issues. Teresa draws on several therapy approaches to match the work to the person.
She uses attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns and client-centered listening to follow each person's priorities. Cognitive behavioral tools and emotion-focused techniques are used when practical skills are needed to change thinking or strengthen bonds.
People who come to Teresa can expect straightforward language and a focus on workable change. She also helps with longer term issues such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, and the effects of adoption and foster care.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video, phone, chat, or messaging formats.
Therapeutic approaches for online relationship and emotional work
Attachment-based work focuses on how past and present relationships shape feelings and reactions. This approach helps people who want to change recurring patterns in close relationships and improve emotional connection.Client-centered therapy centers the session on the person's own goals and experience. The therapist listens deeply and follows the client's pace, which is helpful for people who need a respectful, nonjudgmental space to talk through problems.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Teresa will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. Adjustments are made along the way so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and relationship work, while phone calls can fit a busy schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are practical for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Texas
- Languages
- English