Teresa Buss, LPC - Therapist in Wisconsin

About Teresa

Teresa Buss is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns among many related issues. She draws on five years of counseling experience and brings a warm, nonjudgmental presence to sessions. Teresa speaks English and accepts international clients who prefer remote options.

Her style centers on listening first. She works to understand each person’s perspective before suggesting steps forward. Teresa uses hands-on methods such as breath work and image making alongside talk therapy to help people notice change in their bodies and daily habits.

Background and approach

Teresa blends several approaches to meet practical goals. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape behavior. Client-centered work guides sessions so people set the pace and topics that matter most to them.

Mindfulness practices help with stress, anxiety, and emotional regulation. Her work often includes helping with grief, depression, anxiety, addictions, parenting challenges, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, trauma and related symptoms, and coping with life changes. Teresa values building trust and creating small, manageable steps toward change.

She treats diagnosis as useful information, while focusing on the whole person rather than a label. Teresa also incorporates motivational and narrative techniques to support changes in thinking and behavior. She collaborates on treatment plans and adjusts approaches as people progress.

Her goal is to help clients find sustainable ways to feel safer, more capable, and clearer about next steps.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current responses. It helps people understand patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect stress, parenting, and intimacy. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s experience in the moment. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathy, and helps people find their own solutions and goals.

Teresa works collaboratively to choose the best approach. She will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods over time. Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the work together, not a single one-size-fits-all decision.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules and to get support from anywhere in Wisconsin or abroad. Remote formats let people use breath work, guided exercises, and talk therapy in ways that match their daily routines.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Teresa address in sessions?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, anger, bipolar, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is welcoming and nonjudgmental, with an emphasis on listening first. She uses practical techniques like breath work and image making alongside conversation.

What is her experience and background?

She has five years of counseling experience and training in art therapy alongside her work as a licensed professional counselor.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the credential LPC, licensed in Wisconsin with license number WI LPC 7754-125.

Which languages are sessions offered in and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Also works with

Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Compassion fatigue
Coping with life changes
Depression
Eating disorders
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
LGBT
Parenting issues
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Sleeping disorders

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 5 years
Licensed: Wisconsin
Languages: English

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