About Theresa
Theresa Parris-Perry is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 30 years of experience to her practice in New York. She centers sessions on the person in front of her and treats each client as the expert on their own life. Theresa focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and the challenges that come with major life changes.
She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people feel steadier day to day.
Background and approach
Theresa blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful patterns and try new approaches. Mindfulness techniques are used to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Theresa also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing patterns that affect relationships and self-esteem.
Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set clear, achievable goals and notice small changes that add up over time. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person’s needs. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Theresa helps people talk through relationship and family conflicts without assuming a single solution fits everyone. Theresa aims to make therapy approachable and useful. She helps clients break large problems into manageable steps and build on strengths already in their lives.
The focus is on practical change, clearer thinking, and feeling more capable in daily life.
How Theresa’s approaches translate to online care
Theresa uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus sessions around each person's values and priorities, helping them feel heard and understood while deciding what matters most to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers concrete steps to notice thought patterns, try new behaviors, and reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression through clear practice and feedback.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Theresa will partner with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferred pace, and daily life. She adapts tools as the work evolves so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful when visual cues and a fuller interaction help progress. Phone sessions can fit a shorter break or when less bandwidth is available. Live chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or share thoughts that come up later. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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