Theresa Fillingim is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Georgia with 17 years of clinical experience. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Philosophy at St. Joseph’s College of Maine, earned a Master’s degree in Counseling and Psychology from the University of West Alabama, and holds a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Care from Mercer University Atlanta. She is also a certified addiction counselor (CACII) since 2007 and is qualified to provide professional counseling in the state of Georgia.

Theresa uses a client-centered approach grounded in a non-judgmental presence, unconditional positive regard, and empathy. She strives to earn clients’ trust at each meeting while teaching practical skills and tools to support progress. Her work emphasizes a holistic, integrative perspective – attending to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of wellbeing to better understand overall wellness.

She has experience helping people with anxiety, depression, substance use, trauma and abuse, and she specializes in treating co-occurring disorders where more than one issue is present at the same time. Theresa also works with stress, relationship and family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping disorders, parenting issues, anger management, self-esteem challenges, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, LGBT concerns, and coping with life changes. Her goal is to help clients set simple, measurable, and achievable goals in a timely way so they can move toward a more fulfilling and happier life.