Therapist profile
Teresa Cole, LPCC
California
LPCC in California - relationships and codependency
Continue with TeresaWhere Teresa stands
- Credentials
- LPCC
- License
- LPCC, California / 1820
- NPI
- 1841847332
- Experience
- 16 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment work
About Teresa
Teresa Cole is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in California with 16 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, and codependency-related patterns. Teresa also supports those coping with parenting pressures, career changes, and questions around intimacy and self-esteem.
Teresa uses straightforward, process-oriented work that focuses on practical steps and goals. She offers psychoeducation and shares resources so a person can try new ways of managing stress and difficult emotions. Sessions include talking through current problems and building everyday tools to handle them.
Her background brings together several approaches. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Attachment-based ideas are used when relationship patterns and early bonds affect present life. Emotion-focused methods help people name and work with strong emotions in the moment.
Teresa also addresses areas such as abandonment, commitment struggles, communication problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, autism spectrum concerns, and blended family issues. She regularly helps people who live around another person’s drinking, mood swings, or crises to find clearer boundaries and greater emotional steadiness.
Her practice style is collaborative and goal directed. Clients can expect to set clear objectives and practice skills between sessions. Sessions may include skill building, structured exercises, and resource referrals relevant to each person’s situation.
How sessions work
How Teresa’s approaches are used in online work
Teresa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based action. ACT supports decisions about how to spend energy and what matters most when patterns like people-pleasing are running the day.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current boundaries and trust. This work helps people understand repeating relationship patterns and practice different ways of connecting and saying no.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Teresa will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s goals and preferences. She often combines skill-focused work with conversations about emotions and relationship patterns so the plan fits what the client wants to change.
Session format details should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not specify formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins, and reduce travel time. If a person prefers less time on camera, they can clarify that when arranging sessions so the format matches their daily routine.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, grief, codependency patterns, and related issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is process oriented, solution based, and goal directed. Sessions include psychoeducation, skills practice, and resource recommendations.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of clinical experience as a counselor working with a wide range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) licensed in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Confirm details during the sign-up process.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.