Tressa Henson , LPC

Tressa Henson is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and life transitions. She also supports concerns around relationships, family issues, parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, and career or coaching questions. Her work often includes women's issues among the topics she addresses.

Tressa uses straightforward talk and practical tools in sessions. She blends approaches like cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness with motivational questions and storytelling techniques. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and on small, doable steps toward those goals.

Clients can expect a calm, respectful presence in sessions. She aims to listen first, then propose options people can try between meetings. That might include short homework tasks, new ways to notice thoughts and feelings, or brief experiments to test different behaviors.

Her background includes 17 years of clinical work as an LPC. Over that time she has helped people facing chronic illness, postpartum depression, grief, financial stress, and multicultural concerns, among other issues. She draws on experience rather than labels to shape each plan.

Tressa frames therapy as a partnership. She pays attention to each person's goals and adjusts methods to fit their life. The focus is on practical change and on building skills that carry forward after sessions end.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change mood and reactions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and stress by giving concrete exercises and short experiments to try between sessions.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept up in them. Those practices can reduce reactivity, improve focus, and help with coping during life changes or grief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and lifestyle, and adjust plans as needs change. The process is conversational and goal oriented so clients can weigh options and track what helps.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different days and energy levels. Video is helpful for in-depth conversations and guided exercises, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, parenting, or health challenges.