- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship struggles
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
About Theresa
Theresa Yu is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of experience based in Oklahoma. She focuses on common life pressures such as stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, grief, addictions, and coping with life changes. Theresa also lists work with ADHD, bipolar concerns, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, and compassion fatigue among her areas of attention.
Theresa adapts therapy to what works best for each person and uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. She aims to help people gain insight and practical tools they can use right away. Sessions often include discussion, skill practice, and planning small steps to manage day-to-day issues.
Her background includes providing online, home-based, and office-based counseling. She has worked with people affected by trauma, complex developmental trauma, and neurodiversity such as Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Her earlier roles include social work, foster and adoptive services, special education support, pre-k teaching, and behavioral health case management.
Theresa describes a straightforward counseling style that can include guidance, encouragement, and challenge when needed. She mentions experience supporting adults, couples, children, teens, and families across a range of concerns. Her practical perspective reflects years of varied work in schools, child welfare, and clinical settings.
Theresa speaks English and Mandarin and notes that she accepts international clients. Getting started typically means completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session through the site’s online therapy options.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values and small committed actions to move toward a life that matters to the person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to relationship patterns that formed early and how they affect current connections; it can help with intimacy, family issues, and attachment concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Theresa will help figure out which methods fit a client’s goals and preferences. The therapist and client decide together which tools and exercises to try and adjust those choices as progress is made.
The therapist’s biography notes experience offering online counseling among other formats, but it does not list specific current session types here. Please confirm which session formats are available before booking. Online sessions can make it simpler to fit counseling into study, work, or busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people choose arrangements that match camera or bandwidth comfort, such as audio-only or video, depending on what the therapist supports.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma, New Hampshire
Languages
English, Mandarin
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, depression, grief, addictions, parenting concerns, career questions, ADHD, bipolar, and related issues.
How would therapy feel with her?
Theresa uses a blend of approaches to fit the person. Sessions focus on insight, practical strategies, and small steps to improve daily functioning.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of clinical experience working in schools, child welfare, behavioral health, and counseling settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Oklahoma.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.
Does she work with international clients?
She accepts international clients.
What session formats are used?
The biography references online, home-based, and office-based counseling. Confirm current session options before booking.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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