Teresa O'Brien
(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Choosing who will work with your mind and heart is important. We will ensure we are a good match together to help you settle in to therapy.
"Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know." Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times Trained extensively in Social Work and in Psychoanalysis, Teresa has integrated these traditional methods with her experiences and studies in Ayurveda, Somatic Experiencing and other healing practices {mindfulness, meditation, yoga & breathwork} in order to provide a therapy approach that addresses the person as a whole: mind, body, spirit & heart.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Academic Concerns
- Adoption
- Aging
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Athletic Performance
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Binge-Eating Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Image
- Burnout
- Career
- Childhood Abuse
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- Cognitive Functioning
- College and School Placement
- Compulsive Exercise
- Conflict Resolution
- Depression
- Disability
- Divorce
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- End of Life
- Family Caregiving Stress
- Financial Concerns
- Gambling Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Hoarding
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Insomnia
- Intimacy Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Men's Issues
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Phobia
- Physical Assault
- Physical Stress
- Postpartum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy/Loss of Pregnancy
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship Violence/Stalking/Harassment
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Young adults (18-30)
- Adults (31-64)
- Seniors (65 or older)
Special groups
- Body positivity
- Immigrants
- Little people
- People in the foster care system
- People of color
- People seeking asylum
- People who are bisexual
- People who are blind or visually impaired
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- People with disabilities
- People with HIV or AIDS
- Veterans
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Body Image Therapy
- Behavior Therapy
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Mindfulness Training
- Dream Interpretation
- Eclectic Approaches
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Exposure Therapy
- Humanistic Therapy
- Object Relations Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Psychoanalysis
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Psychotherapy
- Yoga Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
Remote options
- Chat
- Voice
- Video
Payment options
$200per session
Insurance
In-network coverage provided for the following insurance companies
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Kansas
- Out-of-pocket
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- In-network insurance
Payment methods
- Check
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
Credentials
Licenses
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
RO76120-1, New York
Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker
New York State Office of the Professions
4750, Kansas
Certificates
Somatic Experiencing Advanced II
Somatic Experiencing International
Somatic Experiencing training
Education
Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research / Los Angeles Institute & Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2007
ABD ~ ongoing studies