About Theresa
Theresa Shultz is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in North Carolina who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, trauma, and phobias. She draws on 16 years of experience to offer steady, practical support. Theresa speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for worried parents and individuals alike.
Theresa describes her style as warm, attentive, and direct. She listens without judgment and works alongside people to define clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps and skills that can be used between meetings. She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot patterns that keep problems going and to try new, healthier responses. Mindfulness practices are used to build awareness of thoughts and feelings in everyday moments.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people clarify what matters to them and take values-based actions. Theresa also uses motivational interviewing to support change, especially around addictions and habit shifts. She can offer short-term solution-focused work when someone needs quick, targeted support to address a specific problem.
The mix of approaches is tailored to each person’s goals and pace. Theresa is a person in long-term recovery herself and brings that lived experience to her work with people struggling with substance use and process addictions. She offers sessions via video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Theresa commonly blends cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness in online work. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems in place and teaches practical experiments to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy emphasizes simple practices that increase awareness of thoughts and sensations and reduce reactivity, which can be helpful for anxiety and stress.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people identify their values and take small steps toward a meaningful life. ACT techniques support coping with difficult feelings while still moving toward what matters. Theresa treats the choice of approach as collaborative and will help clients find which methods fit their goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for full conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, jotting down steps between sessions, or maintaining momentum when schedules are busy. These options give flexibility so therapy can fit daily life rather than the other way around.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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