About Theresa
Theresa Kibbe is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of experience helping people manage addictions, trauma, anxiety, depression, and eating concerns. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more able to face daily challenges. Theresa writes plainly and listens for what matters most to each person she meets.
She encourages small changes that build confidence over time. Theresa uses a mix of body-centered and talk-based methods to help people process distressing memories and strong emotions.
Background and approach
Somatic therapy helps clients notice physical reactions and learn calming skills they can use outside session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at unhelpful thinking patterns and skills to change them. EMDR and trauma-focused work are offered to address painful memories when appropriate.
Her approach is collaborative. Theresa treats people as the experts on their lives and offers tools and feedback to support change. Sessions often include grounding exercises, breath work, and concrete behavior changes to try between meetings.
Theresa has worked in South Carolina settings for two decades and brings that practical experience into sessions. She helps people who are dealing with loss, relationship strain, substance or food-related struggles, and intense mood shifts. The goal is to create clearer thinking, steadier moods, and a stronger sense of control over daily life.
Theresa keeps language simple and focuses on what a person can do next. She aims for realistic steps and steady progress rather than quick fixes. If someone is nervous about starting, she acknowledges that first step and helps make the next ones manageable.
How somatic and trauma approaches work online
Theresa combines Somatic Therapy and Trauma-Focused approaches to help people who feel stuck because of strong physical or emotional reactions. Somatic Therapy helps a person notice bodily sensations and learn simple ways to calm the nervous system, which can reduce panic, stress, or physical unease. Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on processing painful memories and learning coping steps to reduce their impact on daily life.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and practice different responses. CBT offers clear steps and homework that translate well to online sessions, such as tracking mood, trying new behaviors, and practicing skills between meetings. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a team effort - the therapist and client decide together which methods fit the person's goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face connection, phone sessions let someone talk without video, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to use somatic grounding, practice skills in real time, and keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English