Theresa Yu
Compassionate family-focused practical therapy
- Credentials
- LCMHC, LPC
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
- Format
- Online sessions
About Theresa
Theresa Yu is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical, family-centered therapy. She keeps sessions straightforward and helps parents and caregivers find concrete strategies for everyday challenges. Theresa speaks English and Mandarin and brings nine years of counseling experience to her work in Oklahoma.
Theresa tailors her approach to each family’s needs. She draws from several evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
Background and approach
She also uses attachment-based ideas to help family members improve connection and trust. Sessions move at a pace that fits each person and their situation. Her background includes work with children, teens, and families who have experienced trauma, neglect, or developmental challenges.
Theresa has also supported adults and couples facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship problems, parenting struggles, and life transitions. That range informs how she adapts tools for different ages and concerns. Theresa’s experience comes from roles in social work, foster and adoptive services, special education support, early childhood teaching, and behavioral health case management.
She uses that practical knowledge to suggest realistic steps parents can try between sessions. The focus is on what helps in day-to-day family life. In sessions she aims to listen without judgment and offer clear techniques you can use right away.
Theresa works collaboratively to set goals and adjust plans as needs change. Her style is warm, direct, and centered on helping families move forward.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Theresa commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and attachment-based therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, which can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps families build more stable connection and trust.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Theresa will work collaboratively with clients to choose methods that match your goals, family dynamics, and preferences. She makes adjustments over time and checks in to see what is working or needs change.
Online therapy allows the same tools to be delivered through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make scheduling easier for busy families and allow follow-up between sessions when practical. The goal is flexibility so parents and caregivers can access support in a way that fits their daily life while using therapeutic techniques tailored to their situation.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma, New Hampshire
- Languages
- English, Mandarin
Next step
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