- Strengths-based approach
- Practical coping skills
- Oklahoma LPC
About Tessica
In sessions she listens first and works to create a clear, practical plan for change. She uses straightforward tools to address sleep and eating concerns, low self-esteem, relationship issues, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar symptoms. She also supports people facing life transitions, career questions, addiction concerns, grief, and compassion fatigue.
Tessica integrates client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior ideas. She also uses solution-focused and trauma-focused strategies when useful. In practice this means she helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns, build coping skills, and try small experiments to change daily routines.
Her background in schools informs a calm, structured style that aims to make sessions feel manageable. Tessica emphasizes active collaboration, clear goals, and practical steps clients can take between meetings. She encourages people to bring questions and to move at a pace that feels right for them.
People who choose Tessica can expect a respectful, strengths-based approach grounded in her LPC credential and years of hands-on experience in Oklahoma settings.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Oklahoma
Languages
English
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping people find their own solutions; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk through difficult feelings and decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors together and uses simple exercises to change patterns that cause anxiety, low mood, or sleep and eating difficulties. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, often shortened to DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication in stressful moments.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what felt most helpful in past efforts. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life by removing commute time, allowing shorter check-ins when a full session isn't possible, and letting people attend from a quieter location or during a break from work. Licensed professionals can use a mix of conversation, skill-building exercises, and brief between-session tasks to keep progress moving even when schedules are tight.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Tessica commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, anger, and mood issues such as depression and bipolar symptoms, along with relationship and intimacy-related struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward, focusing on listening, building on strengths, and creating practical steps clients can use between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of counseling experience and spent ten years as a certified school counselor working with PK-12 students.
What credential and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced and billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Tessica?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
