About Teresa Prince

A Trauma-Informed Approach That Honors Both The Individual And Their Relationships

I specialize in a variety of relationship issues. Working with betrayed partners and couples, I aim to help my clients understand how relationship patterns affect their mental health. By noticing the harder emotions and the silent messages attached with certain symptoms, my clients can consider new ways to approach their interpersonal connections and the everyday experience of the world around them. 

Given my own experience as a betrayed spouse, I can offer a unique perspective on issues of infidelity and sex/porn addiction. However, my trauma-informed approach to counseling is not only for couples in crisis—I work with couples looking to bolster health and wellness in their marriage, and individuals impacted by problematic or compulsive behaviors, and families. 

I have received extensive training through the International Institute for Trauma & Addiction Professionals (IITAP), the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS), and maintain the most up-to-date instruction on betrayal trauma and addiction. In addition to APSATS’ Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model, I incorporate the Early Recovery Couples Empathy Model (ERCEM) in betrayal and couples work. 

I also draw from gentle body-based therapies like Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Brainspotting to help clients heal core wounds and consider new conversations and behaviors for the future. My training in the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and The Gottman Method for Couples allows my clients to be more emotionally aware and connected to both themselves and others. 

How I Work With Clients

Recovery doesn’t happen according to my timeline—this journey has to move at each person’s pace. I use the time in therapy to listen, educate, and support my clients as they decide their range of options and which they want to pursue. I welcome the full scope of their emotions, as well as the conflict and confusion that may surface. 

No one can say what they would do in another’s situation. Many clients come to counseling with suggestions of what others have told them they need to do or how they should feel. This often leaves individuals overwhelmed and numb trying not to hurt so badly. A defining mantra of my counseling approach is that “what we feel, we can heal.”

So many will tell you what they would do
IF they were ever in this situation; but the fact is,
no one knows what they will do until they are in the situation!

My clients appreciate my warmth and ability to hold space for them to be seen and understood. The calm energy I bring to the therapeutic space helps individuals, couples, and families remain regulated during sessions, allowing each individual’s perspective to be heard. In fact, some of my clients have commented that in moments of escalation, they can hear my voice encouraging them to consider their options and how they want to respond rather than simply react. I take great pride in bringing out the best in others, and I try to empower my clients to harness their strengths and values, even in difficult moments.