Teresa Cole, LPCC
California · 16 years in practice
Teresa Cole is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California.
License and registration
- LPCC, California
- 1820 · expires December 2027
- NPI
- 1841847332 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Teresa
Teresa Cole is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in California. She brings 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and life transitions. Teresa speaks English and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical.
She draws on Existential therapy to help people find meaning and direction when life feels confusing or empty. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to address anxiety, grief, and connection issues.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters to the person and on small steps they can try between meetings. Teresa has a broad practice that includes trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting concerns, career challenges, and issues related to autism and disability. She also supports people dealing with grief, intimacy concerns, anger, and self-esteem problems.
Many clients work on communication, commitment questions, or coping with major life changes. Her style is process-oriented and goal-focused. She offers practical resources and psychoeducation and helps people build useful skills.
Conversations are collaborative so clients can shape the pace and focus of work. Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Prospective clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Teresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Approaches Teresa names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Existential Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and face difficult questions about purpose and meaning. Online sessions can use this approach to unpack feelings of emptiness, loss, or major life changes and to set personal priorities for change.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with chronic stress, and works well in online sessions that include values-based exercises and practical homework.
Attachment-Based Therapy concentrates on how relationships shape feelings of safety and trust. In remote sessions, this approach can guide work on communication, intimacy, and patterns that repeat in adult relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist collaborates with the client to choose methods that fit goals, personality, and circumstances. Plans are adapted over time based on what helps the client make steady progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and nonverbal cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Teresa commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, career questions, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is process-oriented and goal-focused, blending Existential questions about meaning with practical skill-building from approaches like ACT and CBT.
What professional background does the therapist have?
She has 16 years of clinical experience and has practiced as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor since 2014 in California.
Where is the therapist located and licensed?
She is based in California and is listed with the credential CA LPCC as provided in her profile.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are arranged for those within the supported region.
What formats are available for sessions and how are costs handled?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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