- CBT
- ACT
- Attachment focus
About Theresa
Theresa Yu is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of clinical experience. She practices from Oklahoma and works in English and Mandarin. Her listed concerns include stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, parenting, depression, addictions, grief, and blended family issues among many others.
Theresa keeps therapy straightforward and practical. She uses a mix of approaches to help people identify patterns and try new ways of coping. Sessions focus on skills, insight, and small steps that can lead to change. She often combines cognitive techniques with acceptance-based and attachment-informed ideas.
Her background includes work in child welfare, special education, and behavioral health case management. That experience informs how she supports people dealing with family conflict, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, and the stress of caregiving. She has also worked with first responders and people affected by trauma and disaster.
Theresa has used telehealth, home-based, and office-based counseling in past roles. She describes helping clients with practical strategies, psychoeducation, and coping tools they can use right away. She also draws on DBT and ACT skills when people need emotion regulation and values-based action.
Outside of clinical work she is a parent and guardian, and has experience hosting exchange students. She offers a direct, no-nonsense style that encourages honest talk and gradual progress. To begin, readers should confirm current session options before booking.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take small steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts. In online work this can mean setting concrete behavioral goals and tracking them between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early patterns affect connection now; virtual sessions can be a space to talk through those patterns and practice new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and supporting the client's own problem solving, letting the therapist follow the client's pace and priorities.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and test methods to see what fits. That collaborative process can involve trying skills, reviewing how they worked, and adjusting strategies over time.
Confirm the current session formats before booking since the biography lists prior telehealth work but does not specify which formats are offered now. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, save travel time, allow shorter check-ins, or reduce the need to be on camera when that helps. Therapists and licensed professionals often adapt exercises, homework, and emotion regulation skills so they work in a virtual setting and in day-to-day life.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma, New Hampshire
Languages
English, Mandarin
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family issues does she address?
She lists blended family issues along with parenting, adoption and foster care concerns, family of origin problems, and communication difficulties.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses an eclectic, practical approach combining cognitive behavior work, client-centered methods, ACT and DBT skills to build insight and coping tools.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in social work, child welfare, special education, and behavioral health roles.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and practices from Oklahoma with licensure noted in New Hampshire and Oklahoma.
Which languages can sessions be held in?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin.
What session formats are used?
Her biography mentions experience with telehealth, home-based, and office-based counseling; confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule the first session.
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