Teresa Rutledge, LPC

Teresa Rutledge is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with nine years of clinical experience. She works with adults on common and serious concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction, grief, and relationship and family problems. Teresa also supports people dealing with intimacy concerns, sleep problems, low self-esteem, career stress, and compassion fatigue.

She uses a client-centered approach that puts the person's goals and choices at the center of sessions. Teresa combines that with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding. Motivational interviewing is used when clients want to build readiness for change. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences influence current behavior.

Sessions are conversational and focused. Teresa listens closely, reflects what she hears, and offers concrete strategies when those fit the client's goals. She helps people develop coping skills for anxiety and depression, manage anger, and build better communication habits. When trauma or self-harm histories are present, she takes steps to work through those issues at a pace the client can manage.

Teresa prefers working with adults and with older adolescents in some cases. Her approach emphasizes helping people make decisions that fit their lives, rather than prescribing one right way to proceed. She encourages small, achievable steps and regular check-ins on progress.

She practises in Georgia as an LPC and conducts sessions in English. People who are outside the United States should confirm options, as international clients are not accepted.

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