- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Theresa
Theresa Howard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She brings seven years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on supporting people through parenting concerns, family problems, and emotional crises. Her style is straightforward and strengths-based, aimed at helping parents take practical steps when life feels overwhelming.
Theresa helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and anger. She also works with those coping with trauma, grief after losing a loved one, bipolar disorder, and addiction challenges.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with adoption and foster care situations and with older adults facing aging-related concerns. In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their story. Theresa listens for strengths and builds on what already works for the client.
She uses plain language and concrete steps so parents can try new skills between meetings. Her experience includes supporting people through major life changes and complex family dynamics. Theresa can help a parent set boundaries, rebuild routines after loss, and develop plans to address addictive behavior or mood instability.
She aims to make the work practical and focused on daily life. Theresa offers encouragement alongside realistic strategies. She helps people notice small progress and adjust plans when needed.
For parents feeling stretched thin, she focuses on doable changes that help the whole household function better.
What Theresa works with
Everything Theresa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Theresa helps people with.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Family problems
Therapeutic approaches for parenting and family challenges
Theresa draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then practices small changes that reduce stress and improve daily routines; this is useful for anxiety, depression, and parenting burnout.Another approach centers on processing trauma and grief by creating a safe, paced plan to face difficult memories and strong emotions. This method helps people who have experienced abuse, loss, or other traumatic events to gain more control over their responses and feel steadier day to day.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa works with each client to choose or combine techniques based on goals, needs, and what feels comfortable. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are best for fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or when writing out thoughts helps more than talking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around parenting responsibilities and busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Theresa
What concerns does Theresa address?
She works with parenting issues, family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, anger, bipolar, and ADHD.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Theresa uses a straightforward, strengths-based approach that emphasizes listening, practical steps, and building on what already helps the client.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional work experience supporting people with a range of concerns including foster care, aging issues, and family challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
Theresa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas and practices with that credential.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for online therapy?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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