Teresa Horldt, LMHC

Teresa Horldt is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 17 years of clinical experience working across crisis, inpatient, and community settings. Her career began supporting survivors of domestic violence and expanded into crisis intervention within a busy emergency room. She later provided care in both inpatient and outpatient treatment centers addressing substance use and a range of mental health conditions.

For the past 15 years Teresa has focused on helping people affected by substance use and addiction as well as mood and personality disorders, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder. She currently serves as a Program Manager for a community-based mental health program that reaches out to people living with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder and individuals with co-occurring diagnoses.

Teresa practices with an eclectic, person-centered stance, adapting methods to fit each individual’s needs. She draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to support interpersonal effectiveness, crisis management, emotional regulation and core mindfulness skills. Motivational Interviewing and a variety of recovery approaches - including 12-step, Refuge Recovery and Celebrate Recovery - guide her work with people who struggle with addiction. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and solution-focused strategies for mood disorders, and relies on mindfulness techniques to address stress and trauma.

Teresa treats others with unconditional regard, respect, dignity and empathy, holding a worldview of acceptance rather than judgment. She views the therapeutic relationship as a partnership aimed at helping people reach their goals and find greater fulfillment and serenity in life.