Teneka Gerido , LPC

Teneka Gerido is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps someone can use each week to feel steadier and more in control. Her work often appeals to women and to people facing life transitions who want clear direction and emotional support.

Teneka uses straightforward conversation to map out what matters most to each person. Sessions often include goal-setting, skill practice, and checking what helped between meetings. She prioritizes warmth and steady guidance so clients can try new ways of handling worry, mood shifts, or past hurt.

Her background includes many years of clinical practice in Georgia as an LPC. That experience shapes how she structures sessions and selects simple tools people can use outside of therapy. She draws on evidence-based strategies while keeping language clear and practical.

Teneka helps people work through issues such as coping with life changes, grief around separation, relationship communication problems, and caregiver stress. She also supports those facing chronic pain, aging concerns, and feelings of isolation or emptiness. The focus is on helping each person reclaim functioning and small everyday comforts.

Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. The therapy subscription can be canceled at any time and pricing varies by location and therapist scheduling.

Approaches that translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting conversation so people feel heard and can explore their own solutions; it is useful for improving self-esteem and processing difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms by changing how someone thinks and what they do.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques in session, and adjust methods based on what the person finds helpful. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill work, motivational conversations, or short-term solution planning.

Online formats here include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or medical needs. Video is good for full conversations and nonverbal cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text messaging helps with ongoing reminders and reflection between sessions.