Teresa Gehman, LMHC

Teresa Gehman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. She also addresses eating concerns, addictions, intimacy issues, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. Teresa aims to make new clients feel welcomed and supported from the first contact.

She brings about 30 years of clinical experience in New York. Teresa uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs, rather than relying on a single method. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings to ease daily life and thought patterns. She works with issues tied to attachment, abandonment, body image, chronic illness, and caregiving stress.

Teresa often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered listening. She also uses attachment-focused and solution-focused techniques when helpful. This blend is used to address trauma, PTSD, discrimination, and LGBTQ-related concerns in straightforward terms.

Her style is compassionate and solutions-oriented. In sessions she listens, helps people name difficult patterns, and practices small changes to habits and thinking. The goal is clearer direction, fewer crisis moments, and more useful daily routines.

If you decide to start, expect a short matching step and scheduling that fits with availability. Teresa works from her New York practice and offers services in English.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values, then taking small actions that matter. It helps with anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck from unhelpful thinking. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and habit shifts. Client-Centered Therapy centers on respectful listening and the client’s own goals, creating space to clarify choices and build self-trust.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Teresa will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits best. That choice depends on your goals, what has helped before, and how you prefer to work together.

The original biography does not specify which online session types are offered, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to keep appointments, fit sessions into a busy week, or do shorter check-ins when a full visit isn’t possible. It can also let people try techniques in real-life settings between meetings, so skills transfer to daily routines.