Theresa Williams

Theresa Williams is a licensed social worker with 24 years of experience in Michigan. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering steady, practical support. Theresa aims to make the first step feel manageable and clear for those who are worried about change.

Theresa helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting challenges, eating concerns, bipolar mood swings, and career stress. Additional interests include life purpose, mood disorders, and building self-love.

Her approach draws from several therapies and is adapted to each person's needs. Theresa uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. Sessions focus on practical steps, skills to manage emotions, and small changes that add up.

Theresa treats each person as the expert on their own life. She listens for strengths and builds on them while helping people try different tools. The pace is collaborative and paced to what feels doable.

She offers faith-informed counseling when people want it incorporated into their work together. To begin, she asks a few basic questions to match goals and then plans next steps with the person.

How core approaches shape online therapy

Theresa draws from Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people work through the effects of trauma in clear, paced steps. This approach focuses on addressing traumatic memories and their impact so daily functioning can improve.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, and unhelpful thinking by teaching practical tools and short exercises to try between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT is another tool she offers for emotion regulation and coping skills. DBT emphasizes skills for handling intense feelings, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive behaviors.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before to decide which methods to use. That plan can change as work progresses so it fits the person’s needs.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn which online formats are supported. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use sessions during a break at work or between other commitments.