Teresa Riley, LMFT
Minnesota · 25 years in practice
Teresa Riley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of practice experience in Texas.
License and registration
- LMFT, Minnesota
- 3417 · expires December 2026
- LMFT, Texas
- 205609 · expires March 2028
- NPI
- 1326403619 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- 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 Riley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of practice experience in Texas. She works with adults and couples who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns. Teresa uses clear, practical language so parents and partners can understand next steps quickly.
She draws on emotionally-focused approaches that look at how feelings shape connection. Teresa also uses attachment-based ideas to help people notice and change patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioral techniques are woven in for skills that reduce symptoms and build coping tools. Teresa’s background includes crisis mental health and residential treatment settings for addiction and trauma. That experience informs how she supports people facing intense life changes, grief, or histories of abuse.
Her work reflects a long history of helping with communication problems, codependency, and caregiving stress. In sessions she aims for a direct, collaborative tone. She helps clients map the problem, try a change, and review what worked.
Sessions can include teaching a skill, practicing a different response, or talking through painful memories at a pace the client chooses. Teresa also offers coaching-style work for people who want goal-focused change. She notes concerns such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue as part of the picture when they affect daily life.
People who choose to work with her can expect straightforward guidance and steady support.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Teresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Teresa names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 online approaches translate into stronger relationships
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and how they affect connection between people. It helps clients notice the feelings that drive patterns, name them, and try different ways of responding to build closer bonds.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early and current patterns of relating to others. It helps people recognize repeated behaviors that feel safe but no longer work and supports new ways of asking for needs to be met.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) adds practical tools to manage symptoms like anxiety and low mood. It teaches steps to change unhelpful thoughts and try behaviors that lead to better day-to-day functioning.
Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try approaches, check progress, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people see nonverbal cues and do longer sessions, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or during a quick break, live chat can be useful for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family or work schedules and to continue consistent care over time.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Teresa help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, intimacy issues, parenting strain, self esteem, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and direct. She mixes emotion-focused work with practical skills so clients learn both insight and coping techniques.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 25 years of experience, including crisis mental health and residential treatment work for addiction and trauma.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, licensed in Texas and Minnesota, and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does billing and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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