Teresa Barnes, LMSW
Michigan · 29 years in practice
Teresa Barnes is a licensed social worker with 29 years of experience.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801082528 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1114446705 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 29
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Teresa
Teresa Barnes is a licensed social worker with 29 years of experience. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, trauma, grief, and depression. She listens carefully and treats each person with respect and compassion.
Sessions focus on clear goals and real steps you can use between meetings. Teresa adapts conversation and techniques to fit each person's situation rather than using the same plan for everyone.
Background and approach
Her work often centers on emotional patterns and attachment concerns that affect daily life. She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together. This mix helps people notice painful emotions and make choices that match their values.
Teresa has helped people facing a wide range of issues, including abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, body image and codependency, and relationship communication problems. She also supports those coping with disaster-related stress and certain personality and mood challenges. If you feel unsure about starting, Teresa aims to make the process straightforward.
She works collaboratively to shape sessions around what matters most to you and to set practical next steps between appointments.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Teresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Teresa names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name strong feelings and how those feelings affect their choices and relationships. It’s useful for addressing grief, anxiety, depression, and attachment concerns by creating clear moments to reflect on what matters most.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches simple skills to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking committed steps toward personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete techniques to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches can be used alongside emotion-focused work to balance insight with practical change.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Teresa will work with each person to compare methods and decide what fits their goals and preferences. This is a collaborative conversation that can shift as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be a shorter, more frequent way to check in and practice new skills between appointments. These options make scheduling easier and let people choose the format that works best for daily life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Teresa commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression, plus related issues like attachment, body image, and communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and collaborative, using Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with ACT and CBT to talk through feelings and build workable skills.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Michigan Licensed Master Social Worker credential and brings 29 years of professional experience to her sessions.
Where does she practice?
Teresa is licensed in Michigan and lists that state as her professional location.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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