Theresa Presley, LSCSW, LCSW

Theresa Presley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of hands-on experience. She practices in Missouri and brings a calm, direct approach to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and relationship concerns.

Theresa has worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and private practice. She has helped many people who struggle with parenting challenges and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her background gives her practical insight into how everyday life strains affect mood and behavior.

Her style centers on building a trusting relationship. Theresa uses a strength-based outlook and elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions focus on clear steps people can try between meetings.

Theresa aims to be caring, warm, and nonjudgmental while listening closely to each person’s story. She helps people use their strengths to manage grief, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs.

With experience across different settings, she offers practical tools for coping with compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, intimacy or career questions, and more. Theresa encourages small, steady changes that add up over time.

Approach-focused care delivered online

Theresa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people form more secure, healthier ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Theresa will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then suggest methods to try. The process is collaborative and can be adjusted as needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different lifestyles. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging formats work for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to continue work consistently over time.