Theresa Fillingim, LPC
Georgia · 17 years in practice
Theresa Fillingim is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and relationship concerns.
License and registration
- LPC, Georgia
- LPC010751 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1154787943 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- 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 Theresa
Theresa Fillingim is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and relationship concerns. She aims to build trust quickly and offer clear tools to help people reach their goals. Theresa writes and speaks plainly so parents and busy adults can understand next steps.
She uses a client-centered way of working that puts the person’s experience first. Theresa keeps a non-judgmental stance and listens for what matters most to the individual.
Background and approach
She combines that stance with emotion-focused ideas to help people notice and work through strong feelings. Theresa draws on a mix of approaches, including Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral techniques, and dialectical behavior strategies. That blend helps with mood problems, relationship patterns, addictive behaviors, and stress management.
She pays attention to how life stress, physical health, and spiritual concerns interact with mental health. With 17 years in practice in Georgia, she has supported people who face co-occurring issues such as trauma plus anxiety or substance use plus depression. Theresa prefers simple, measurable goals and practical skills that can be used between sessions.
She also focuses on areas like grief, intimacy, body image, caregiver strain, and chronic illness. Theresa encourages a steady pace of work and frequent check-ins on progress. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to help people develop clearer patterns in relationships, reduce distressing symptoms, and find ways to cope with life changes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Theresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Theresa names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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 emotion-focused and attachment work online
Theresa uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to help people identify, name, and shift painful emotional patterns that keep them stuck. EFT techniques help when strong feelings feed into relationship problems, anxiety, or repeated cycles of withdrawal and upset.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions to stress and closeness. That perspective helps people change habitual ways of relating and build more reliable responses to hurt and loss.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Theresa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She combines emotion-focused work with client-centered listening and practical CBT or DBT skills when needed to support coping and behavior change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video gives a closer sense of the interaction, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, chat or text fits quick check-ins or brief exchanges, and messaging supports between-session contact. These options help people schedule therapy around work, parenting, or medical demands while keeping therapeutic continuity.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Theresa help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and many related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapy style?
Theresa uses a client-centered approach with a non-judgmental presence and empathy, combined with emotion-focused and skills-based techniques to address feelings and behaviors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Theresa has 17 years of counseling experience working in Georgia with people facing co-occurring issues and a range of life stressors.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats does she offer?
Theresa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How are costs and billing handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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