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Teresa Adams

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Teresa Adams, LPC

Mississippi

Licensed counselor - Relationships and Anger

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Mississippi / 1529
  • NPI1457626343
  • Experience16 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationMississippi

About

  • CBT
  • Gottman Method
  • Assessment informed

About Teresa

Teresa Adams is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Mississippi with 16 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns as well as common struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting. Teresa also lists work with intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

She trained in marriage and family therapy and has a background that includes both clinical work and community education. Teresa uses practical conversation and structured tools to address communication problems, conflict, and the everyday patterns that wear people down. She draws on approaches that help people change unhelpful thoughts and behavior and improve how they relate to one another.

Teresa brings experience with adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, fertility and fatherhood concerns, and end-of-life and hospice matters. She also addresses body image, infidelity, forgiveness, and family-of-origin problems. Her work often involves helping people sort through emotions and repair interactions that matter in daily life.

Therapy sessions include direct discussion about what is happening now, skills practice for handling strong feelings, and communication work for couples or partners who want clearer interactions. Teresa uses assessment-informed methods and practical interventions to help people manage anger and reduce the tension that builds in relationships.

Sessions are offered in English and Teresa accepts international clients. Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

How Teresa’s approaches translate to online work

Teresa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change thinking patterns that increase stress, anxiety, or anger. CBT focuses on practical exercises, short experiments, and skills you can use between sessions to reduce reactivity and shift unhelpful behavior.

She also draws on the Gottman Method for relationship work, which looks at communication patterns, conflict routines, and rebuilding connection through specific exercises. That approach often involves learning new ways of talking and practicing small, structured interactions that change how partners handle upset.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Teresa will discuss goals and current problems and recommend methods that match those needs. That collaborative decision makes room for trying techniques and adjusting based on what helps most.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time so check-ins are easier to keep. Since the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm which online options are offered before booking. Sessions are presented as a way to practice new skills, work on communication, and manage anger and stress in everyday situations.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesDepression

Also works with

Intimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCommunication problemsDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessHospice and end-of-life counselingInfidelityLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Gottman Method

Experience

16+ years

Listed in

Mississippi

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting, depression, anger, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style?

Teresa uses conversational, practical work that includes skills practice and communication exercises. She applies methods aimed at changing unhelpful thinking and improving interactions.

How long has she been practicing?

She has 16 years of professional experience in counseling and relationship work.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She holds an MS and is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) practicing in Mississippi.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

The original biography did not list specific session formats. Please confirm the current session options before booking.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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