Teresa Walton-Skinner, LPC

Teresa Walton-Skinner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Georgia who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, grief, or life transitions. She works with adults facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, career crossroads, and struggles with self-esteem or ADHD. Teresa aims to create a respectful, down-to-earth space for people to talk and think through next steps.

She uses common-sense techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Teresa also brings a client-centered attitude that emphasizes listening and tailoring sessions to each person’s needs. Solution-focused ideas are used when clients want practical steps and quick wins.

Teresa’s counseling style is warm and interactive. Sessions involve honest conversation, goal setting, and tools you can practice between meetings. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats concerns with sensitivity and respect.

With four years of experience, Teresa has worked with a diverse range of concerns including depression, family and communication problems, compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, and issues faced by young adults and women. Her work also touches on aging and geriatric topics and intellectual disability when relevant to the person’s goals.

If someone is ready to make a change, Teresa focuses on clear steps that fit their life. She supports people as they set priorities, build coping skills, and track progress toward the goals they choose.

How Teresa Uses Practical Approaches in Online Therapy

Teresa draws on a few clear approaches to guide online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people notice and change thinking patterns that fuel anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful reactions. Sessions focus on concrete skills you can practice between meetings to manage symptoms and build new habits.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. Teresa uses this approach to shape sessions around each person’s priorities and to create a respectful space where goals emerge from the client’s own values. Solution-focused therapy is used when someone wants targeted, short-term steps; it zeroes in on strengths and small changes that move life forward quickly.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Teresa works with each person to identify what feels most useful based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps set clear objectives and choose techniques that fit the client’s daily life.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good when you prefer face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and messaging allow for flexible, ongoing contact and short updates between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between appointments.