Teresa Buss

Teresa Buss is an LPC who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and grief. She also supports those facing self-esteem struggles, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, and life transitions. Teresa is an LGBTQIA+ ally and identifies as non-binary, and she offers an accepting, nonjudgmental space for people to talk through hard things.

Teresa’s background includes work with people affected by PTSD and addiction recovery, and her clinical focus is trauma-informed. She describes a bottom-up approach that uses the body, breath work, and image making to help people form new habits and responses. That means therapy can include simple physical exercises alongside talking and reflection.

Her sessions emphasize building a supportive relationship first. She listens closely to each person’s perspective and helps create a treatment plan based on their goals. Teresa uses techniques drawn from Trauma-Focused Therapy, attachment-based work, and client-centered methods to guide the process.

Therapy with Teresa often includes practical tools for emotional regulation and small, doable steps toward change. She blends mindfulness and motivational techniques to help sustain progress between sessions. People who come to her can expect encouragement, patience, and clear focus on what matters to them.

Teresa works in Wisconsin and communicates in English. She accepts international clients and aims to tailor sessions to individual needs, helping people make sense of current struggles and develop healthier patterns over time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Teresa uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process painful experiences and reduce their ongoing impact. That work often mixes paced talking with somatic techniques to help the body and mind settle and form new responses. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to examine how early relationships affect current patterns and to build more secure ways of relating through the therapeutic relationship.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Teresa treats approach selection as collaborative, asking about goals, past efforts, and what the person prefers. She will adjust methods as progress unfolds and as needs change over time.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, which helps people keep steady momentum between meetings. It can also allow shorter check-ins when a quick step is needed, or sessions without video when bandwidth or focus is limited. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking to know how sessions will be delivered. Regardless of format, the focus is on practical skills, emotional regulation, and steady support to help people move toward their goals.