Teresa Readhead
Practical counselling for stress and life changes
About Teresa
Teresa Readhead is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings seven years of clinical experience and a steady, practical approach to helping people manage stress, anxiety and life changes. She often supports people coping with grief, addiction and relationship strain.
Teresa also works with issues around self-esteem, sleep and eating, and the emotional effects of chronic illness and caregiving. She pays attention to how attachment, abandonment and communication patterns affect day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Teresa keeps sessions straightforward and focused. She listens without judgement and helps people name what is happening. From there she works with each person to set small, manageable goals and build coping skills that fit their routine.
Her practice uses a mix of approaches drawn from attachment, client-centred, cognitive behavioural and narrative ideas, plus mindfulness techniques. That mix lets her tailor work to the person rather than using one fixed model. People who come to Teresa can expect calm, practical conversations that aim to reduce overwhelm and increase clarity.
She guides exercises and reflections between sessions when helpful. The process is gradual and paced to each person's needs.
What Teresa works with
How Teresa works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches for online counselling
Teresa uses a blend of client-centred work and cognitive behavioural approaches to support people online. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience, helping them find their own solutions and build confidence. Cognitive behavioural work looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions interact and teaches practical techniques for managing anxiety, mood and unhelpful patterns.She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current responses. These approaches are described and tested together so the person and therapist can decide what suits the issue and the person's preferences. Finding the right approach is collaborative - Teresa will discuss options and adapt methods as goals become clearer.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give more flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer written reflection. These formats help make therapy fit everyday life and routines.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
