Theresa Presley, LSCSW, LCSW

Missouri · 16 years in practice

Theresa Presley is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of practice.

License and registration

LCSW, Missouri: 2009020465 · expires September 2026
LSCSW, Kansas: LSCSW 4545 · expires April 2028
LCSW, Illinois: 149022367 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1316178114 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 16
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 Theresa

Theresa Presley is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 16 years of practice. She supports people managing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting strains, grief, addiction, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career or life transitions. She brings a steady, compassionate presence to each conversation.

Theresa draws on a strength-based outlook and uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.

Background and approach

She also uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how close relationships shape emotional life. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on what helps day to day. Her background includes inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and independent practice.

Those settings shaped her ability to work with crisis moments and longer-term change. Theresa keeps therapy grounded and goal-oriented while staying warm and respectful. Clients can expect a calm listener who asks clear questions and offers concrete strategies.

Conversations often include skill-building, emotion work, and steps to change unhelpful patterns. Theresa encourages people to use their strengths during hard times. Theresa practices in Missouri and offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging.

She works with English-speaking adults and does not take international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Theresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
Relationship issues
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD

Approaches Theresa names

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Online support

How emotional and behavior-focused methods work online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and shifting emotional patterns that keep people stuck. It helps people notice vulnerable feelings and create new ways of responding to themselves and others, which can ease anxiety, grief, and relationship stress.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape feelings and behavior. This approach helps people spot patterns of closeness and distance, and develop more supported ways of relating to important people in their lives.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits for managing mood, anxiety, and everyday stress.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Theresa will work collaboratively to match methods to a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying things out, checking in, and adjusting the plan together until it fits.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible. Video works well for deeper emotional work when seeing facial cues is helpful. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins or ongoing support without waiting for a scheduled meeting. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.

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Questions people ask

What issues does she help with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, LGBT concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, grief, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career or life changes.

What is her general therapy style?

Theresa uses a strength-based approach and works in a warm, nonjudgmental way. Sessions focus on clear questions, emotion work, and practical steps to change patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has 16 years of experience working in inpatient and outpatient mental health, domestic violence services, and independent practice settings.

What credentials and location apply?

She holds KS LSCSW and IL LCSW credentials and practices in Missouri.

Which languages are offered and can international clients join?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

In what formats are sessions available?

Theresa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does cost and billing work?

Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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