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Theresa Huffines

Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday challenges

MD, LCSW-C, LCSW Florida

Experience
8 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Theresa

Theresa Huffines, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW, brings eight years of clinical practice shaped by a strengths-based, solution-focused outlook. She centers her work on helping clients build life skills, manage emotions, and strengthen decision-making when facing transitions or persistent challenges.

Background and approach

Theresa emphasizes practical, evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to support mood, anxiety, and stress-related concerns. Her background includes internships in hospital oncology and university counseling, plus roles in therapeutic foster care, substance abuse outreach, and outpatient mental health where she provided therapy and supervised agency sites.

Those experiences inform a pragmatic approach to issues like grief, relationship conflict, addiction, and career or parenting stress. Theresa also maintains community relationships that broaden resource options for clients.

Theresa frames therapy as a collaborative process that focuses on present strengths and attainable goals. She integrates motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to help clients clarify priorities and take actionable steps toward improved coping, communication, and wellbeing.

Approaches that guide online care

Theresa integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and client-centered principles to support online therapy. Cognitive behavioral work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing more balanced thinking while building practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood. Client-centered methods emphasize empathic listening and collaborative goal setting to help clients feel heard and to clarify what matters most in their lives.

She also uses mindfulness practices to increase awareness of present-moment experience, which can reduce reactivity to stress and support emotional regulation. Together these approaches aim to create manageable, actionable steps tailored to each person’s concerns and life context. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process; the therapist works with clients to explore which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences rather than prescribing a single path.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend regularly, fit therapy into daily routines, and maintain momentum between appointments while working toward clearer communication, improved coping, and concrete progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Theresa commonly address?
She works with a range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and communication problems, grief, addiction, intimacy-related issues, parenting and career concerns, and mood disorders such as bipolar.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends client-centered listening with solution-focused and motivational techniques, emphasizing strengths and practical steps to improve emotional regulation and decision making.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Theresa has eight years of experience that include internships in medical and university settings, as well as roles in foster care case management, substance abuse outreach, and outpatient mental health services.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW credentials with licence details MD LCSW-C 19075 and FL LCSW SW18496, and she practices from Florida.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Her practice is conducted in English and she does accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to their preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Communication problemsDivorce and separationFamily problemsLife purposeMood disordersWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

Maryland, Florida

Languages

English