Theresa is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, and a Certified Family Trauma Professional. She obtained her Master’s degree in Counseling at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She has over 20 years of experience working in a variety of settings including hospitals, social service agencies, and in private practice with children, adolescents, and adults, helping them to grow and work through the problems many face every day. Theresa’s areas of expertise include helping people with Life transitions, Trauma, Women’s issues, Depression, Grief/Bereavement, Domestic violence, Mood disorders, Anxiety, Spiritual issues, and Addiction. Theresa hopes to work together with her clients to help them figure out why they do what they do and to make any changes they choose to make to improve their lives. She meets with clients both in-person and through teletherapy and uses a combination of Cognitive Behavioral, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and EMDR to help her clients to work through and manage their emotions. Then working together to review how their past is affecting their current actions she helps clients to use coping skills and challenge thinking to improve their situations, regain control of their lives, and to develop goals and meaning as a part of finding happiness.