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Tekla McCabe

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Tekla McCabe, LCSW

Utah

LCSW - Stress and Relationship Support

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Where Tekla stands

Credentials
LCSW
License
LCSW, Utah / 11311676-3501; LCSW, Florida / SW20753
NPI
1568941078
Experience
7 years
Languages
English
Location
Utah

About

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Relationship patterns
  • Life transitions

About Tekla

Tekla McCabe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience working in Utah. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. Tekla also works with people navigating codependency patterns, attachment concerns, blended family issues, and the fallout from divorce or separation.

Her style is straightforward and practical. She focuses on helping people build self-respect, improve communication, and reclaim a sense of purpose. Sessions often involve talking through immediate problems and practicing small changes that make daily life easier.

Tekla has worked with trauma-related issues including panic and social anxiety. She also brings experience supporting caregivers, people managing chronic illness or pain, and those coping with grief or financial stress. Her background includes helping people handle the stress of major life transitions such as pregnancy and postpartum, job changes, and identity shifts.

In sessions she pays attention to how attachment and abandonment concerns show up in relationships. She helps clients notice patterns - like people-pleasing or losing themselves - and then try clear, specific alternatives. Therapy emphasizes communication skills, boundary setting, and practical coping strategies.

Tekla offers help in English and works with adults across a range of backgrounds and life situations. She invites prospective clients to consider what they want to change and to try a first session to see if her approach fits their needs.

How sessions work

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Tekla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage symptoms and change patterns. One common idea she draws on is skills-based work that focuses on building communication, boundary setting, and practical coping tools for anxiety and stress. This helps when everyday reactions - like people-pleasing or avoidance - keep recurring.

She also integrates approaches that attend to attachment and relationship patterns. These methods look at how early relationships shape current reactions and then practice new ways of relating that reduce conflict and emotional overwhelm. For trauma-related symptoms, she uses stabilizing techniques that emphasize safety, grounding, and shorter steps toward managing panic or dissociation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tekla will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they decide which techniques to try first. That makes the process collaborative and paced to the client's needs.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or medical appointments. They can also allow a shorter check-in when weeks are busy, or a video conversation when seeing facial cues helps progress. Licensed professionals adapt length and pacing to match what each person needs.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Utah, Florida

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, and major life changes including divorce and grief.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her approach is practical and conversational, focusing on communication skills, boundary setting, and small behavior changes that reduce daily stress.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of experience working with adults on mood, anxiety, trauma-related concerns, and life transitions.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Utah and practices from Utah.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

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