Teresa Riley, LMFT
Minnesota · 25 years in practice
Teresa Riley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, Minnesota
- 3417 · expires December 2026
- LMFT, Texas
- 205609 · expires March 2028
- NPI
- 1326403619 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Teresa
Teresa Riley is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. She brings a steady, practical presence to sessions and focuses on helping people manage relationship strain, anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life changes. Her work draws on Jungian ideas alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods.
She listens for patterns in relationships and emotional life, then helps people make clearer choices and build healthier habits. Sessions are conversational and grounded in everyday concerns.
Background and approach
Teresa's background includes crisis mental health, residential addiction work, and outpatient care. That range gives her experience with intense stress, trauma, and grief. She uses that experience to help people find safety and forward movement after hard events.
She also offers skills-based tools when needed, borrowing from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques. Those tools are presented in simple steps that people can practice between sessions. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
People who come to Teresa often want a collaborative, down-to-earth approach. She helps identify what matters most, clarify options, and set manageable goals. Her style is calm, pragmatic, and focused on real-life change.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Teresa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Teresa names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Teresa uses Jungian ideas that pay attention to personal stories, symbols, and patterns. In online sessions she helps people notice recurring themes in their relationships and life choices, then works with those discoveries to guide change.She also uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and emotional reactions. That approach helps when trust, closeness, or recurring conflict are central concerns. Client-centered therapy is another key element - this means sessions are guided by the person's priorities, with the therapist offering empathy and reflection rather than imposing solutions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Teresa will talk with the person about goals, try different ways of working, and adjust methods as needed. The intent is to match technique to what feels most helpful and practical for daily life.
Online formats offer flexibility and several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging work for brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when a shorter exchange fits a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Teresa address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, intimacy issues, parenting strain, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related areas.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Teresa blends Jungian perspectives with attachment-based and client-centered methods. Sessions tend to be conversational, reflective, and focused on practical steps people can use between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She has 25 years of experience and a history of work in crisis mental health, men's residential addiction treatment, teen residential trauma care, and outpatient settings.
Where is Teresa licensed to practice?
Teresa holds the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential and is licensed in Texas and Minnesota.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for meeting with a therapist.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Teresa?
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