Therese Muir
Creative practical therapy for lasting skills
LMSW Michigan
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Therese
Therese Muir brings a cognitive behavioral orientation to her work, integrating practical skills with a supportive, client-centered stance to address mood, trauma, and behavior concerns.
Background and approach
She is a Michigan-licensed clinical social worker (LMSW) with three decades of professional experience, and she emphasizes collaborative problem solving that builds on each person's strengths and life story.
Her background includes helping people cope with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, substance-related problems, and bipolar symptoms, as well as focused work with panic disorder, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress. Therese values the idea that clients are experts on their own lives and that therapy is a partnership aimed at increasing wellbeing and daily functioning.
Trained in methods that include cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused practices, she blends skills training, reflective listening, and goal-oriented plans to suit individual needs. With patience and encouragement, she supports people taking the often difficult step toward change and recovery.
Practical approaches for online skill-building and recovery
Therese commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; CBT often includes homework and practical exercises that target symptoms like anxiety, panic, and depressive thinking. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques that teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive reactions. In addition, client-centered methods provide empathetic listening and collaborative goal setting so clients feel heard while developing new coping strategies.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailors techniques from these approaches to fit what will most likely help in day-to-day life. This makes therapy flexible and responsive rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which allows scheduling around work, family, and geographic constraints. These formats make it easier to continue care between appointments and to practice skills in real-world contexts while maintaining consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English