Therapist profile
Teresa Freeman, LCSW
North Carolina
LCSW - Anxiety and Addictions
Continue with TeresaWhere Teresa stands
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, North Carolina / C011660
- NPI
- 1679978159
- Experience
- 13 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- North Carolina
About
- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment work
About Teresa
Teresa Freeman is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina with 13 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression. Teresa focuses on practical coping skills and conversations that clarify what matters to each person.
Her work blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She uses these approaches to help people notice patterns, manage intense emotions, and practice new ways of reacting to old problems. Sessions often focus on small, doable steps that a person can try between meetings.
Teresa also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, codependency, control problems, communication struggles, and family tensions. She supports people affected by chronic illness, caregiving stress, divorce, or substance use challenges. The goal is to reduce overwhelming moments and build clearer personal boundaries.
Her style is direct and practical. She listens and helps people name patterns that keep them stuck. Then she teaches strategies from evidence-based approaches to help change those patterns.
Teresa currently offers evening appointments. To begin, a person can select the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How online sessions use practical therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them. It focuses on values and small steps a person can take to live in line with what matters despite difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns shape current reactions and helps people create clearer boundaries and healthier responses in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Teresa will talk with each person about their goals and preferences. Together they will try methods that fit the person's situation and change the plan if something does not feel useful. This is a collaborative process that aims to find realistic strategies for everyday life.
The practical benefits of meeting online include fitting sessions into evenings and busy days and reducing travel time so therapy can be more consistent. Because specific session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm which online formats are offered before booking. Sessions are described in ways that help people bring therapy into regular routines without promising particular services.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
13+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, and depression, plus related issues like codependency and attachment concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends ACT, CBT, DBT, attachment-based, and client-centered approaches to teach coping skills and shift unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with individual clients.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and practices with that credential in the state.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.