Teresa Keller, LPC - Therapist at Grow Therapy

Teresa Keller

Teresa Keller

LPC
25 years of experience
Virtual

Committed to assisting you toward lasting health & happiness, I specialize in integrating evidenced-based holistic health methods to optimize well-being. Passionate about our collective and natural potential, I work collaboratively toward your goals. With over two decades in behavioral healthcare, I am a licensed clinical supervisor and cross licensed as a professional counselor in 6 states with certifications as a Behavioral Health Coach, End of Life Doula, Certified Acudetox Specialist, and meditation and yoga teacher with Yoga for Healing specialty.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

In our first session, we will discuss wishes for care, background to a person's experience, symptoms and course of difficulty, and we will begin to form a collaborative and measurable plan to monitor progress. We will be also looking at fit in care to ensure a person's needs are best matched with this provider, the platform, and scope of care. The length of time spent is typically 50 min. Follow-up sessions range from 30-45 min. and begin with a review and update of progress since last visit, processing and method application to a client-driven focus for the session, and we will wrap up with a plan for next steps.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I offer a grounded, compassionate presence that’s honest, direct, and always free of judgment. Clients often share that what sets our work apart is the unique blend of mind-body science and a collaborative, heart-centered approach - where we explore, learn, and grow together.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

Clients who are a good fit for my services are in or near an active stage of change. They are ready to be an active agent on their path and purpose. Clients who report the most success in care with me bring strengths of honesty and a willingness to care for themselves. My approach is client-first and centered on building practical skills and tools that are known to support meaningful change. While deep listening and reflection are always part of the process, I tend to work best with clients who are open to skill-based growth and strategies.

About Teresa Keller

Appointments

Virtual

My treatment methods

Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)

ERP is the gold standard treatment for OCD, with 60–80% of individuals experiencing significant symptom reduction (Foa et al., 2005; Abramowitz, 1997). Rather than focusing on the details of trauma, my approach goes to the relationship to the root felt experience. Together with a client we carefully, purposefully, and carefully introduce exposure methods.

Biofeedback

HRV and neurofeedback can significantly improve mood, enhance emotion regulation, and reduce rumination. (Karavidas et al., 2007) Client's who opt to utilize this technology in therapy report reaching their goals more efficiently as we partner in using real-time mind-body data to develop productive relationships to stress and increase ability to still the mind and body. Coupled with meditative practices, these results increase further.

Faith based therapy

Faith-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has shown greater reductions in depression and anxiety symptoms compared to standard CBT, particularly for individuals with strong religious beliefs. (Pearce et al., 2015). Spiritual well-being is positively correlated with: greater life satisfaction, lower stress and burnout. improved coping during illness (e.g., cancer, chronic pain) (Park, 2007; Koenig, 2012). Rather than prescribe, I support client's specific practices and assist them in crafting a clear plan.

Gestalt

Gestalt Therapy is a humanistic, experiential form of psychotherapy that emphasizes awareness, personal responsibility, and present-moment experience. Consistent with research, I see clients experience increases in emotional clarity, self-compassion, resolution of unfinished business (Greenberg & Watson, 1998) as well as interpersonal functioning (Polster & Polster, 1974; Oaklander, 2007)

Mind-body approach

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (bringing awareness to developing healthy relationships to thoughts and behaviors), Gut-Brain Psychology (diaphramatic breathing, vagal toning, etc.), Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping to increase energy flow), Dialectical Behavior Therapy , and training in meditation/yoga are the methods in this approach. Mind-body methods are associated with reduced stress and anxiety, improved immune function, lower blood pressure and heart rate, better emotion regulation and resilience, decreased symptoms of depression and trauma. Reductions in pain-related disability by 30–60% have been reported with consistent practice (Cherkin et al., 2016)