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Theresa Huffines

Practical, goal-focused therapy for families and adults

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Credentials
MD, LCSW-C, LCSW
Experience
8 years
Licensed in
Maryland, Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Theresa

Theresa Huffines is a licensed clinical social worker with medical training who brings eight years of hands-on mental health experience. She uses clear, practical strategies so people can manage stress, handle life changes, and improve relationships. Theresa speaks plainly in sessions and focuses on workable steps rather than long theory.

She works from Florida and offers services in English. Theresa trained with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Social Work, and she holds the credentials MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW.

Background and approach

Her background includes work in outpatient mental health, substance abuse outreach, therapeutic foster care case management, and counseling at a university center. She has also worked with a cancer institute on related support services. Theresa emphasizes strengths-based and solution-focused approaches.

She uses evidence-informed tools like cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to help people reduce anxiety, improve mood, and cope with grief. Sessions emphasize practical skills that clients can use between meetings. Many people come to her for help with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, relationship and communication problems, and life transitions.

Theresa also supports people facing addictions, compassion fatigue, career questions, and issues around intimacy. Her style is collaborative and direct. She helps clients set clear goals, track small changes, and build routines that fit daily life.

The aim is steady progress and clearer choices rather than quick fixes.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps clarify goals so sessions stay relevant to daily life. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety and lift mood with exercises between sessions.

Theresa treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She discusses options with each person, watches how strategies land in real life, and adjusts plans based on needs and preferences. The goal is to pick methods that feel useful and realistic for the client's routine.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or family responsibilities and let people practice tools at home where issues often happen. Licensed professionals can deliver CBT, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work effectively through these channels, while collaborating with clients to make a plan that fits their life.

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.

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 can Theresa help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, parenting, grief, addictions, intimacy-related issues, anger, career questions, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue.
How does she approach therapy?
Theresa blends client-centered listening with solution-focused work and evidence-based methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to build practical coping skills.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of experience, including outpatient mental health, substance abuse outreach, therapeutic foster care case management, and counseling center work at a university.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
Credentials shown are MD, LCSW-C (19075), and LCSW with a Florida license FL LCSW SW18496; she practices from Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or 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 steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
8 years
Licensed
Maryland, Florida
Languages
English

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