Tesia Wells, LMFT - Therapist in New York

About Tesia

Tesia Wells is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth work that helps people navigate relationship and parenting challenges. Her approach centers on clear communication and building skills that make daily life more manageable.

She uses a mix of talk-based methods to match each person's needs. Sessions often include looking at patterns, testing new ways of relating, and trying small changes that can make a big difference.

Background and approach

Tesia aims to make therapy feel collaborative and straightforward rather than overly clinical. Her background includes long experience in outpatient settings where assessment and structured intervention guide the work. That experience informs how she helps clients set goals and measure progress over time.

Tesia helps people confront problems in constructive ways and develop tools they can use after sessions end. She works with many concerns such as relationship strains, parenting questions, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma and abuse. She also addresses issues like body image, fatherhood concerns, family of origin problems, financial stress, and sexual assault and abuse.

Tesia adapts methods to the person in front of her rather than following a single script. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Her New York licensure is NY LMFT 001835.

The aim is steady, realistic progress through clear conversation and skill-building.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and making space for each person's perspective. It helps people feel heard and supports work on issues like self esteem, relationship strain, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and stress. It teaches practical strategies for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and anger management.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Tesia collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Treatment can shift over time as needs change, blending approaches to address both immediate problems and deeper patterns.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family routines and to continue work from different locations. The goal is regular, focused contact that supports steady progress and practical skill-building.

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.

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.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

Tesia works with relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, grief, anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma and abuse, and related topics like body image and money worries.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a collaborative, straightforward style focused on building skills and testing small changes. Conversations are practical and aimed at improving day-to-day functioning.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 15 years of experience working in outpatient therapeutic settings and draws on that history when assessing needs and planning interventions.

What credential and location information should I know?

She is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT - and holds New York licensure NY LMFT 001835. Her listed location is New York.

In which language are sessions held?

Sessions are offered in English and she is able to work with clients internationally.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.

How are fees and billing handled?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: New York
Languages: English

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