Tesia Wells, LMFT
New York · 15 years in practice
Tesia Wells is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, New York
- 001835 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1366839482 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- 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 Tesia
Tesia Wells is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people address relationship concerns, grief, parenting strain, depression, anxiety, and problems with addiction. Tesia works in a straightforward, humane way so clients can talk about what matters most to them.
Her work centers on Existential therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas. She helps people name what feels meaningful or missing, and then tries practical steps to change daily habits and thoughts.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on real-life choices rather than jargon-filled lectures. Tesia also draws on narrative and psychodynamic perspectives when helpful. That can mean looking at stories people tell about themselves or noticing patterns from earlier relationships that still affect today.
These approaches are used to open up new options, not to label or diagnose. She has practiced in outpatient settings and emphasizes building trust early in the process. Tesia encourages clients to develop skills they can use between sessions, like coping strategies for stress, sleep, or anger.
The work aims to be collaborative so people keep agency over their goals. Clients come for a wide range of issues including intimacy, body image, family of origin concerns, sexual assault recovery, veteran and armed forces issues, money stress, and multicultural matters. Sessions can include short-term problem solving or longer exploration depending on the person's needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Tesia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Body image
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Sexual assault and abuse
Approaches Tesia names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
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Online support
How Existential and Practical Approaches Work Online
Existential therapy helps people clarify values and face life choices by focusing on meaning, responsibility, and the realities of human experience. It can be useful for those wrestling with big life questions, grief, or a sense of disconnection. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and respect for each person’s experience so the client leads the pace and focus of work. This approach supports building trust and tapping into personal strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers concrete tools to change them, which helps with anxiety, depression, sleep, eating, and anger issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match goals, preferences, and the nature of the concern. Sessions can mix styles and adjust over time as needs shift, so clients are involved in planning the direction of therapy.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in briefly during a busy day, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility for fitting therapy into work, family life, or travel while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, grief, parenting stress, depression, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Tesia blends Existential, client-centered, and cognitive behavioral ideas into a conversational style. Sessions focus on meaning, practical steps, and skills people can use between meetings.
What experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of experience working in outpatient settings and uses systematic assessment and intervention to guide treatment planning.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LMFT credential and practices from New York as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are accepted for online sessions.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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