Theresa Nemenz, LISW

Theresa Nemenz is a licensed independent social worker with 40 years of professional experience in Ohio. She focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. Theresa speaks English and Spanish and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions.

She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and draws on their strengths to work through hard moments. Theresa supports people who are figuring out how to move forward after loss, conflict, or painful past events. Her approach is practical and person-focused, with attention to what matters most to each individual.

Theresa has a particular interest in adoption-related issues and understands the complex feelings that can come from adoption, including the experiences of birth mothers. She also helps people who are dealing with shame, guilt, isolation, and problems tied to family of origin or attachment patterns.

In sessions she blends strategies that address current thoughts and behaviors with attention to deeper patterns that have developed over time. That means she may use short-term, skills-based work as well as conversations about how past experiences shape present life. Therapy is paced to fit each person’s needs and goals.

Theresa offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling is arranged based on therapist availability.

How CBT and Psychodynamic Work Online

Theresa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT focuses on specific patterns you can change now to feel better day to day.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring life patterns and how past experiences influence current relationships and emotions. These conversations can help people understand why they react a certain way and open up new options for relating to others.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Theresa will collaborate with each person to decide whether more skills-based CBT, a deeper psychodynamic focus, or a mix makes the most sense given goals and preferences. That decision can shift as therapy moves forward.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging suit brief check-ins or written reflection. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, family, or other commitments while maintaining continuity of care.