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Teresa Hess

Practical, strengths-based support for stressful times

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Teresa

Teresa Hess is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She holds a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential - FL LMHC MH10682 - and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work. Teresa focuses on common, often painful concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma.

She also helps with self-esteem, career questions, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her approach centers on calm listening and practical techniques.

Background and approach

Sessions are shaped around what a client needs right now, with tools that can be used between visits. Teresa draws from evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to manage thoughts and bodily reactions. She also integrates attachment-focused ideas to look at patterns in relationships.

Teresa believes growth comes from small, steady steps. She emphasizes strengths and helps clients notice what already works for them. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at useful change rather than jargon.

Many clients seek support for life transitions, adoption and foster care issues, blended family concerns, and body image or workplace stress. She has experience with first responder issues, disaster-related coping, LGBT issues, and women's life stages. In practice she blends narrative and solution-focused work to clarify goals and build coping plans.

Sessions are offered in English and are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Starting therapy involves a short questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment based on the therapist's availability.

How evidence-based approaches translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and where safety and trust can be rebuilt. It can help people notice how early bonds shape reactions to stress and improve current connections. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and tests them with practical exercises to reduce anxiety and lift mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Teresa will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and daily life. She adjusts tools and pacing as progress is made so the plan feels useful and realistic.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, offer timely check-ins, and allow continued work during life transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, set goals, and review practice between meetings in ways that suit each client.

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

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 kinds of concerns are addressed here?
Teresa works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, self-esteem, parenting challenges, LGBT issues, career questions, compassion fatigue and related concerns. She also focuses on areas like adoption and foster care, attachment issues, blended family challenges, and workplace stress.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses calm listening and practical techniques. Sessions combine evidence-based methods with a strengths focus and clear steps clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience supporting people with a range of concerns, including trauma, grief, and stress-related issues.
What credentials and region are documented?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, listed as FL LMHC MH10682, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How are fees and starting steps handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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