About Teresa
Teresa Buss is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and related struggles. She brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on what each person needs in the moment. Teresa wants people to feel heard and understood before any steps are taken toward change.
Her style centers on body-based work alongside talk therapy. That means she uses breath, movement, and attention to bodily sensations to help clients notice how stress shows up.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness, narrative techniques, and motivation-focused conversations to help people shift habits and make achievable plans. Teresa explains things plainly and builds a plan together with each person. She values relationship and steady encouragement, especially when change feels hard.
Diagnosis is acknowledged but not treated as the whole story; the focus is on practical steps and new ways of relating to thoughts, feelings, and urges. Her background includes five years of counseling experience and a focus on trauma’s effects on mind, body, and spirit.
Teresa has worked with issues such as grief, addictions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and compassion fatigue. She also identifies as an LGBTQIA+ ally and brings attention to cultural perspective in sessions. Teresa uses a collaborative, bottom-up approach that blends somatic practices with client-centered care.
Together with each person she sets goals and works toward small, sustainable changes that fit daily life.
How somatic and relational approaches work online
Somatic-informed work uses attention to the body, breath, and sensation to help people notice where stress and trauma are held. Online sessions can guide simple breath exercises, grounding practices, and body awareness to support emotional regulation and reduce distress in daily life.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on connection and safety in relationships. In online conversations this approach helps people understand patterns from past relationships and build new ways of relating that feel more supported and balanced.
Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and responding to the person without judgment. The therapist follows the client’s concerns and helps set goals that feel meaningful and doable, which works well through video or phone sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Teresa will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. This means trying things, checking in, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and for people who prefer connecting from home. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, while phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer alternatives when video is not practical. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep progress steady between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English