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Teela Ruehle

Supportive, strengths-based care for life transitions

LMSW Michigan

Experience
5 years in practice
Focus areas
LGBT, Grief, Coping with life changes
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Languages
English
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About Teela

Teela Ruehle is a licensed social worker in Michigan who brings five years of clinical experience to her practice. She focuses on helping people navigate grief, trauma, LGBTQ concerns, career challenges, and a wide range of emotional and life transitions.

Background and approach

Holding an LMSW, she centers work on each person’s existing strengths and values, viewing clients as the experts of their own stories while offering guidance and tools to move forward. Her approach blends practical strategies and trauma-informed methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.

Teela also attends to issues such as fatherhood, first responder stress, forgiveness, guilt and shame, immigration-related challenges, loneliness, financial worries, and finding life purpose. She frames therapy as a collaborative process, supporting clients as they take steps toward a more fulfilling life and offering coaching-style direction when helpful.

Clinical Approaches for Online Support

Teela commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EMDR into her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves identifying and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress while teaching practical coping strategies. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that uses structured processing to help people work through distressing memories and their lingering emotional impact.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to understand their needs, goals, and preferences and will suggest approaches or combine techniques that fit each person’s situation rather than prescribing a single method up front.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to access licensed professionals without needing to travel, support consistent attendance, and allow clients to choose the communication style that best fits their day-to-day life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with a range of concerns including LGBT issues, grief and loss, stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, career challenges, and compassion fatigue, plus several related topics.
What therapeutic style can I expect in sessions?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-based, using practical techniques and trauma-informed methods to help clients build coping skills and pursue goals.
How much professional experience does she have?
She has five years of professional work experience as a clinician supporting clients with trauma, grief, career difficulties, and LGBTQ concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LMSW and is licensed in Michigan with licence details MI LMSW 6801114288.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available for working together?
Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to the therapist's offered formats.
How is pricing handled for therapy with this clinician?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

LGBTGriefCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Fatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMoney and financial issuesPost-traumatic stressWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Licensed

Michigan

Languages

English