Teresa Turco, LCSW

Teresa Turco is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with eight years of professional experience. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and bipolar disorder. Teresa also addresses related concerns such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, and communication problems.

She uses practical, person-focused methods in sessions. Teresa draws on therapies like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and clarify what matters to them. She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and motivational interviewing when helpful for managing impulses or substance use.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Teresa emphasizes strengths and helps people build skills they can use between meetings. She talks through coping tools for panic or social anxiety, strategies for cravings and relapse prevention, and ways to handle grief and mood swings.

Her background includes work with trauma and with people navigating complex mental health diagnoses such as bipolar disorder. That experience informs how she structures safety, pacing, and skill-building within therapy.

Teresa offers straightforward guidance about next steps. She asks about current concerns and priorities, suggests concrete exercises to try, and revisits goals as progress is made. People who want clear, skill-based support for anxiety, addiction, grief, or mood issues may find her approach practical and direct.

How her approaches translate to online therapy