Teresa Riley - Mental Health Counselor | The Center for Internet & Technology Addiction

Accepting new clients

25 years experience

About Teresa Riley

Teresa Riley, M.Div.,LMFT, works from an integrative framework with individuals, couples, and families who are struggling with a variety of mental, emotional, and relational issues. Her areas of experience and special interest include relationship difficulties, men’s issues, substance abuse, anger, trauma, depression, and anxiety. Teresa has a history of working in crisis mental health, men’s residential treatment for addiction, teen residential treatment for trauma, and clinical outpatient settings. She has specialized training in psychodynamic, CBT, EFT, IFS and solution focused approaches, as well as Discernment Counseling for couples who are experiencing conflict or considering divorce.

Licenses

LMFT

3417

LMFT

205609

Professional experience

Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse

Additional Focus Areas

Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Postpartum depression
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Clinical Approaches

Attachment-Based Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Existential Therapy
Gottman Method
Imago Relationship Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Jungian Therapy
Mindfulness Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative Therapy
Psychodynamic Therapy
Solution-Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Languages

English

15 Reviews

“⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”

“She is the best therapist ever.”

“Very kind. I’ve always been searching for a faith based therapist and she is the PERFECT addition to my team. I struggle a lot through out the week and deeply look forward to talking with her. She’s not one of those therapists that is just going to stroke your ego the entire time, I truly feel she wants me to get better because she kind of kindly calls me out when I need it. Which trust I do need sometimes. Haha She has changed my life for the better and when BetterHelp didn’t take insurance I wasn’t able to afford seeing her out of pocket and let me tell you my mental health declined. She’s a joy to have.”

“Great listener, introduced me to resources in my neighborhood I had no idea was there. Teresa has served as a blessing on many topics over several sessions. 🙌”

“She is great”

“Teresa has been amazing!”

“We have only had 1 session so far but she is very easy to talk to and seems to understand and have worked with issues we/I am facing. Looking forward to our future sessions”

“She’s very comforting, I always leave our calls feeling better about my outcome for the future.”

“She is a wonderful, caring person, full of wisdom.”

“Wonderful and attentive therapist. Listens and challenges”

“Unlike any other therapist I've encountered. She's the best by far. Really experienced and knowledgeable beyond.”

“Love Teresa!! She's always so helpful. It's never just a "venting " session. She is so good at helping to reframe things and get a bigger perspective. She is strategic, smart, hilarious sometimes, and offers practical suggestions that are realistic and not just ideas that sound good but leave me wondering how to actually implement them. Highly recommend!!”

“10/10”

“Teresa Riley is the best therapist I have ever had. At the end of each session I feel like my anxiety has been lifted. I feel heard and cared about. She gives me support and encouragement and her expertise has given me the strength and skills to work through my struggles.”

“Immediate sense of comfortably sharing and engaging with Teresa.”

These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.