Theresa Bradbury, PA Psychologist PS L
Calm-focused psychologist helping manage strong emotions
Book with TheresaWorks with
- Anger
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
How Theresa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- PA Psychologist PS L
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Theresa
Theresa Bradbury is a Pennsylvania licensed psychologist with more than two decades of clinical practice. She focuses on practical ways to manage intense emotions, including anger, and on helping people regain steadiness after trauma, loss, or major life changes. Theresa speaks plainly and aims to create a clear plan that fits each person's day-to-day life.
She spent over a decade working on child and adolescent psychiatric units, where she supported young people with emotional and behavioral dysregulation and learning challenges.
Background and approach
She also served as an educational consultant, helping design individualized education programs and 504 plans for students returning to school. Theresa earned deep experience as a school psychologist in the public sector, administering and interpreting many psychoeducational tests. That work gave her a practical understanding of school systems and the educational and legal steps sometimes needed to support a student’s progress.
In independent practice she has studied post-traumatic stress, anger management, depression, and attention-deficit concerns in both children and adults. She combines this background with straightforward strategies so clients can practice new skills between visits. Theresa uses a mix of approaches shaped by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral work, attachment ideas, and skill-building methods from dialectical behavior therapy.
Her goal is to help people reduce distress, improve relationships, and build routines that support daily functioning.
What Theresa works with
Everything Theresa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Theresa's practice.
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Theresa lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on what matters most to a person and on small, practical steps to live by those values. It helps people accept difficult feelings while taking committed action toward a better daily routine. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete strategies to change patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or anger. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings in specific skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, such as paced breathing, distress tolerance, and middleware communication techniques.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, daily routines, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they decide which strategies to try first and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for longer therapy work and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messages work well for brief check-ins, skill coaching, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around school, work, and family responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Theresa
What concerns does Theresa commonly address?
She focuses on anger, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, ADHD, stress, addictions, relationship and family challenges, grief, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Theresa uses a practical, straightforward approach that blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive and skills-based work. Sessions emphasize learning tools you can use between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 26 years of experience, including long-term work on child and adolescent psychiatric units and many years as a school psychologist.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She is listed as PA Psychologist PS 006223 L and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
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