Theresa Yu , LCMHC, LPC

Theresa Yu is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with nine years of counseling experience. She practices from Oklahoma and speaks English and Mandarin. Theresa centers her work on what will help each person most and creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space to talk through problems.

Theresa uses a mix of approaches and focuses on practical tools. Sessions often include skill-building for anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship struggles. She also helps people coping with trauma, parenting strain, grief, addiction, ADHD, and changes like divorce or adoption concerns.

Her background includes school and social service roles, foster and adoption work, and behavioral health case management. That experience informs how she supports people with complex trauma, attachment issues, autism spectrum concerns, and family-of-origin problems. Theresa also has experience with first responder and caregiver stress.

Theresa aims to guide and encourage clients while offering gentle challenge when needed. She focuses on developing insight and concrete strategies that can make an immediate difference in daily life. Many sessions emphasize communication, emotion regulation, and coping skills.

Theresa is a parent and has worked with international exchange students, which contributes to a practical, culturally aware outlook. She offers online options and multiple messaging formats for flexible access. Her style is warm, direct, and goal oriented.

How Theresa’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people live by their values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It often involves simple exercises to notice what matters and to take small committed steps toward those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy centers on improving relational safety and understanding patterns formed in close relationships, which can help with trust, intimacy, and parenting challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Theresa works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit each person’s needs and goals. She will discuss options, try different strategies, and adjust plans as progress unfolds so the work feels relevant and doable.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and varied needs. Video calls let you meet face to face from home or work, phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier when a camera feels like too much, and live chat or text-based messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins or when writing feels more comfortable. These formats make it possible to keep steady momentum between sessions and practice tools in real time.