About Theresa
Theresa Stanford is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 35 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and challenges with attention and focus. Theresa speaks plainly and offers steady support while clients think through goals and next steps.
Her work centers on practical, doable steps instead of jargon. She listens for each person's strengths and builds on what already works. Sessions often focus on improving concentration, handling panic or social anxiety, and finding clearer direction when life feels stalled.
Background and approach
Theresa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tools such as biofeedback when it fits a person's needs. She emphasizes skills clients can use between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning. Communication skills and forgiveness work are common targets in her sessions.
Over many years she has helped people who struggle with relationship problems, recurring panic, post-traumatic stress reactions, and grief after loss. Her approach blends practical strategies with a supportive, collaborative tone so clients feel understood while learning new ways to cope. Theresa describes therapy as a partnership.
She respects that people know their own story and helps them find small, steady changes that add up. Her style is calm, direct, and focused on what will make a difference now.
Approaches that help with attention and anxiety
Theresa uses a few evidence-based techniques that aim to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. One approach focuses on skill building for anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations so symptoms become more manageable. Another approach involves attention and focus strategies that include behavioral routines, task breakdowns, and biofeedback when helpful to track physiological responses and teach self-regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Theresa treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help the client test methods, adjust techniques, and choose what fits their needs and goals. She listens to preferences and tailors tools so they make sense for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face-to-face when visual cues are useful. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer flexibility for brief check-ins and skills practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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