- Stress and anxiety
- CBT techniques
- Client-centered work
About Teresa
Teresa Longo is a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of clinical experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship strain, family conflict, and coping with life changes. Her work also covers addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and a range of personality and attachment concerns.
Teresa keeps sessions direct and practical. She encourages honest talk about feelings and the situations that cause them. She focuses on building understanding first, then on small, concrete steps people can take to feel steadier day to day.
Her background includes long-term practice in community and clinical settings in New York. That experience shaped how she balances listening with action. Teresa draws on client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her.
She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative behaviors. Existential approaches are used when people want to look at meaning, responsibility, and life choices. Together these methods help with both immediate coping and longer-term decision making.
Sessions are practical and conversational. Teresa aims to help people name their priorities, test small changes, and track results. If you are figuring out work, relationships, or how to move past painful experiences, she offers steady clinical experience and a focus on usable skills.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters to the client. In practice this means the therapist offers attentive, nonjudgmental responses and helps the person clarify their own goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior. It breaks problems into manageable steps and uses exercises to test different ways of thinking and acting. Existential Therapy pays attention to questions of meaning, choice, responsibility, and how someone wants to live their life; it can be useful when people feel stuck or unsure about direction.Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work. Teresa treats this as a collaborative process. She will listen to your priorities, describe approaches that fit, and adjust the plan as you try strategies and see what helps. The aim is to match methods to your needs and practical goals rather than push a single model.
The practical benefits of online sessions are about fitting therapy into daily life. Many people find it easier to schedule a session around work or school, shorten a check-in when time is tight, or avoid long commutes. Because session formats are not specified in the original profile, confirm current options before booking so you know what kinds of online appointments are offered. Licensed professionals generally use a mix of conversational work, worksheets, and behavioral experiments that can be adapted to remote formats to support progress over time.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship and family issues, trauma, addictions, grief, ADHD, and related concerns.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Teresa uses a conversational, practical style that starts with listening and then moves to concrete steps and skills to try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional experience working in clinical and community settings in New York.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a New York LMHC and practices from New York.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she see international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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