About Theresa
Theresa Presley is a licensed clinical social worker with LSCSW and LCSW credentials who practices in Missouri and brings 16 years of clinical experience to her work.
Background and approach
She has provided care in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings, domestic violence services, and independent practice, and has developed a broad foundation supporting people facing depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, LGBTQ concerns, parenting challenges, and related struggles. Theresa emphasizes a strength-based orientation paired with cognitive behavioral elements to help clients explore how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors connect.
Her approach centers on building a collaborative, trusting relationship where clients' strengths are highlighted and practical strategies are introduced. She draws on trauma-focused methods and attachment-oriented perspectives as needed, along with emotionally-focused and Gottman-informed techniques for relationship work.
Theresa aims to offer a warm, empathic, and nonjudgmental space where individuals can address stress, grief, addiction, bipolar challenges, ADHD, career concerns, or intimacy and self-esteem issues. She invites people to seek support when life becomes overwhelming and works alongside them to move through change toward greater resilience.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Work and Finding the Right Fit
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early connections shape current relationship patterns and emotional responses, helping clients develop more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and to build behavior changes that reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing and integrating traumatic experiences to reduce their ongoing impact on daily life and relationships.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to clarify goals, assess needs, and try strategies that fit personal preferences and circumstances, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative stance helps tailor interventions so they feel relevant and manageable.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility to fit sessions into busy schedules and to maintain continuity of care from different locations. These formats can make it easier to access licensed professionals while balancing work, family, or mobility constraints, and they support ongoing therapeutic work through multiple communication options.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas, Illinois
- Languages
- English