Teresa Lewis, LCSW

Teresa Lewis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Montana with over 20 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship problems, depression, trauma, grief, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, and life changes.

She trained in social work at the University of Montana and earned her LCSW in 2003. Her background includes outpatient, intensive outpatient, and psychological inpatient settings. That mix of settings informs how she structures sessions and plans next steps with people.

Teresa uses a person-centered approach that keeps a client's goals at the center of care. She combines that with cognitive-behavioral methods and skills-based work from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to manage strong emotions and reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are often part of how she helps people notice what matters and move toward it.

She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, for people coping with trauma, panic, or persistent anxiety. Her experience as a medical social worker supports work with chronic illness, comorbid conditions, and caregiver stress.

Teresa uses motivational interviewing and rational emotive behavioral techniques when appropriate, and she has extensive work supporting people with addictions and co-occurring disorders. She aims to work collaboratively so goals are clear and practical steps follow each session.

Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions