Tressey Adams , LCSW

Tressey Adams is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who partners with individuals, families, youths, adults and couples to build confidence and practical skills that move them toward their goals. With more than 15 years of experience in the greater metropolitan area, she draws on training in cognitive counseling, solution-focused methods and nutrition-based counseling to help people take an active role in making positive changes. The LCSW credential indicates she is a licensed clinical social worker who completed graduate social work training and meets state practice requirements. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Tressey emphasizes a collaborative, coaching-oriented relationship in which clients identify self-guided action steps and develop the skills they already possess. Treatment is tailored to each person's unique needs, with a focus on strengthening existing resources and reinforcing daily choices that support well-being. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, parenting, anger, self-esteem, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue.

In therapy she integrates client-centered principles, cognitive strategies and solution-focused techniques to highlight strengths and increase clients’ confidence in making supportive choices. Her approach is practical and strengths-based, guiding people toward sustainable change through supportive partnership and skill-building.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Tressey Adams frequently uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on building a supportive therapeutic relationship and helping clients explore their own goals at their own pace. This approach is helpful for people who want a collaborative, empathetic space to work through relationship, family or self-esteem concerns.

She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to stress, anxiety, depression and other difficulties, and to develop practical skills for changing those patterns. Solution-focused therapy is another key element of her work - it centers on setting concrete, achievable goals and using current strengths to create forward momentum for issues like coping with life changes, parenting challenges or communication problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tressey Adams works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage in this work through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care from different locations and choose the communication style that feels most comfortable, while still working with licensed professionals focused on practical progress.