Teresa Fernandez

Teresa Fernandez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with three years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and depression. Teresa also focuses on life purpose, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, self-love, forgiveness, and social anxiety.

Teresa approaches sessions with practical conversation. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions often include clear tools to manage symptoms and short-term skills to handle hard moments.

Her clinical tools include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She uses these methods to help clients notice unhelpful thinking, practice emotional regulation, and build motivation for change. The work tends to be goal-oriented and focused on concrete steps people can try between sessions.

Teresa offers care in both English and Spanish. She works in Wisconsin and holds the credential LCSW. For people who feel stuck after a life change or unsure what comes next, she helps sort options and try manageable experiments toward clearer direction.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and cost varies with location.

How her therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Teresa commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. DBT offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

She blends those methods with Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing techniques to help people notice patterns and increase motivation for change. Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust the plan as needed.

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Many people find online sessions helpful because they fit into work and family schedules, make it easier to keep short check-ins, or allow conversations without travel. Online work can support skill practice, planning, and troubleshooting between meetings while fitting into everyday life.