AT A GLANCE

COUNSELING STYLE

Teresa Shakir, LCSW

Teresa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience treating children, families, couples and individuals in residential, partial hospitalization and outpatient settings. Today, she sees young adults, adults and couples seeking treatment for trauma, life transition, relational issues and anxiety. She sees her role as a supportive guide for clients to acknowledge and integrate all parts of themselves. Teresa provides EMDR, Brainspotting and animal assisted therapy with her dog Koda. In her free time, Teresa enjoys watching college football, chasing around her two young children and staying active through functional training and hiking with Koda.
C-PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety, Neurodivergence, Relationship issues
Warm, Genuine, Supportive, Interactive
  • Attachment-based
  • Brainspotting
  • EMDR
  • Family Systems
  • Gottman Method
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Person-Centered / Relational
  • Somatic
  • Trauma Focused
  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy
  • Licensed Clinical social worker
  • Brain Spotting level 1
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing General Practitioner
  • Gottman level 1 Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Masters of Social Work – Smith College, 2017
  • BA in Psychology – Brevard College, 2013