Licensed clinical social worker recordPennsylvania
Teresa Stump-Klinger, LCSW
Pennsylvania
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Relationships
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in Pennsylvania
- LCSW, licence CW016750
- NPI
- 1508018821
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Pennsylvania
These details come from information Teresa supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Client-centered work
About Teresa
Teresa Stump-Klinger is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Pennsylvania with three years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, grief, self-esteem issues, and coping with life changes. Teresa also supports people facing compassion fatigue and offers coaching for life and purpose questions.
Her style is straightforward and interactive. Sessions focus on practical skills and real-life problems. She draws on client-centered work and structured techniques to help people identify what matters and try manageable steps toward change.
Teresa uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. That can include cognitive behavioral strategies to shift unhelpful thinking, dialectical behavior tools for emotion regulation, and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change. She aims to make sessions useful and down to earth rather than abstract.
She also attends to caregiving and aging concerns, money and financial stress, communication problems, fatherhood issues, and veteran and armed forces issues. Those areas inform how she frames goals and day-to-day strategies.
People can expect a practical, goal-oriented focus in sessions. Teresa combines talk with short exercises and skill practice so clients leave with steps they can use between meetings. To begin, prospective clients follow the standard intake path and schedule an initial session.
BHow sessions work
How Teresa’s approaches translate to online work
Teresa uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral techniques that adapt well to remote sessions. Client-centered work emphasizes the client’s concerns and priorities, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clarify goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and trying small behavioral experiments to test new ways of coping, which can be practiced between sessions.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when those tools are a good fit. DBT-style skills teaching breaks down concrete steps for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal interactions, useful for stress, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges.
Choosing the right approach is part of the early work together. Teresa will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals, preferences, and everyday routines. That decision is reviewed and adapted as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce the need to be on camera if a phone call is preferred. These practical benefits can help people maintain consistency while working toward clear, actionable goals.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Teresa works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, parenting concerns, grief, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a down-to-earth, interactive approach that mixes client-centered care with practical skills and exercises.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of experience as a practicing Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Pennsylvania.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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