- Sleep and rest support
- Trauma-informed care
- Practical coping tools
About Theresa
Theresa Yu is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma. She takes a practical, person-centered approach and focuses on what will work best for each client. Theresa aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can talk about sleep problems, stress, anxiety, or relationship concerns and start making changes that matter.
She draws on several evidence-informed methods and tailors them to a person’s needs. Sessions often include concrete tools for coping, breathing and grounding skills, and steps to build better sleep habits when that is the focus. Theresa helps people identify small, manageable changes they can use right away to feel steadier day to day.
Her background includes around nine years of counseling experience across settings such as schools, child protective services, and behavioral health programs. That work brought experience with trauma, attachment issues, autism spectrum concerns, and parenting challenges. Theresa has also supported people facing grief, addiction, mood disorders, and career stress.
Theresa speaks English and Mandarin and has provided online and in-person care in several settings. She blends cognitive approaches with acceptance-based and client-centered strategies, and uses practical coaching when helpful. Her style is encouraging and direct - she guides, challenges, and supports clients toward clearer goals.
Outside work she raises a large blended family, hosts foreign exchange students, and cares for multiple pets including therapy dogs. She invites prospective clients to try a session and see if the match feels right before moving forward.
How Theresa’s Approaches Work Online
Theresa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT often focuses on small, meaningful steps rather than trying to eliminate every uncomfortable feeling. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of relating. This can be useful for intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and family dynamics. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thinking and behavior into manageable pieces and teaches concrete strategies to change them, which helps with sleep problems, anxiety, and mood issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Theresa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She adapts methods over time and collaborates on a plan so clients can try techniques and adjust them based on what actually helps.
Theresa has experience providing online telehealth as well as home-based and office-based counseling in prior roles, but current session options should be confirmed before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow check-ins during a lunch break, or let someone use a shorter session when needed. They also let therapists guide practical work on sleep routines, coping skills, and daily behavior changes in the places people live their lives.
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Experience
9+ years
Credentials
Oklahoma, New Hampshire
Languages
English, Mandarin
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Theresa commonly address?
Theresa works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, parenting and family issues, sleep difficulties, eating and intimacy-related concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and more.
What is her general approach to therapy?
She uses a person-centered and practical style, blending Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive strategies, DBT skills, and attachment-focused ideas to fit each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has about nine years of experience working across schools, child protective services, and behavioral health settings with children, teens, adults, and families.
What credentials and location are on file?
Theresa holds LCMHC and LPC credentials and practices in Oklahoma.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Mandarin, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography notes she has provided online telehealth, home-based, and office-based counseling in her work; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.