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Teresa Riley, LMFT

  • Experience25 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Teresa

Teresa Riley is an experienced licensed marriage and family therapist who brings 25 years of clinical work to her practice in Texas. She combines several evidence-informed methods to help people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, and intimacy-related concerns.

Background and approach

Teresa's training spans approaches such as Internal Family Systems, attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, and client-centered care, which she blends to meet each person's needs. Her style is collaborative and integrative, emphasizing exploration of internal parts, relationship patterns, and practical coping strategies.

Teresa has worked in crisis mental health, residential addiction and trauma treatment, and outpatient settings, and she applies that breadth of experience to support clients facing life transitions, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD-related concerns, and complex co-occurring issues. She aims to help clients build insight, improve communication, and develop sustainable skills for managing emotional and relational difficulties.

How therapeutic approaches and online care work together

Teresa draws on Internal Family Systems to help clients notice and dialogue with different internal parts - the anxious, protective, or wounded aspects that influence behavior and relationships. This approach is useful for addressing trauma responses, self-criticism, and recurring emotional patterns.

She also integrates attachment-based work to explore how early relationship experiences shape current connection patterns and to strengthen emotional bonds and communication. In addition, client-centered methods create a respectful, empathic space where clients lead the pace of change and feel heard while practical CBT and DBT skills are introduced as needed to manage symptoms and build coping strategies.

Finding the right combination of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods over time rather than relying on a single technique.

Online therapy with Teresa is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible to continue meaningful therapeutic work from home or during busy weeks while maintaining consistent access to licensed professionals and the therapeutic relationship.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Teresa works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related problems, parenting struggles, and bipolar disorder.
What is Teresa's therapeutic style and approach?
She uses an integrative, collaborative style drawing on Internal Family Systems, attachment-informed work, CBT, DBT, and client-centered techniques to combine insight-oriented exploration with practical skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Teresa brings 25 years of experience, including work in crisis mental health, men's residential addiction treatment, teen residential trauma treatment, and outpatient clinical settings.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with credentials TX LMFT 205609 and MN LMFT 3417 and practices from Texas.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available for working together?
Teresa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences and schedules.
How are sessions priced and what is the payment model?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps does a new client take to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsAnger management

Also works with

Trauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodImago Relationship TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

25+ years

Licensed

Minnesota, Texas

Languages

English