Teela Ruehle, LMSW
Michigan · 5 years in practice
Teela Ruehle is a licensed social worker with five years of clinical experience in Michigan.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801114288 · expires May 2029
- NPI
- 1114608320 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Teela
Teela Ruehle is a licensed social worker with five years of clinical experience in Michigan. She focuses on helping people navigate grief, trauma, career challenges, and concerns related to LGBT identities. She meets clients where they are and aims to build on the strengths they already have.
She approaches sessions as a collaboration. Teela listens first to understand each person's story and goals. Then she uses practical, goal-focused tools to help people make changes that matter in daily life.
Background and approach
Teela draws on several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used to ease the impact of past disturbing events.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy guide short-term goal setting and action planning. Her work often centers on anxiety, stress, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and self-esteem. She also supports people facing workplace strain, compassion fatigue, and struggles around life purpose or money.
Teela is attentive to issues that can follow trauma, such as post-traumatic stress. Sessions are conversational and practical. Teela helps people break problems into manageable steps and track progress between meetings.
She encourages small experiments that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Teela lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Teela names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Teela’s Approaches Work Online
Teela uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going, then try small changes to test new ways of responding. EMDR is another method she uses to reduce the hold of troubling memories so those events interfere less with daily life.Choosing the best approach is a cooperative process. She will talk with each person about goals, personal history, and preferences before suggesting a plan. Together they refine what’s working and adjust methods as needed to match progress and comfort level.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful for more in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, brief coaching, or continuing momentum between longer sessions. These options help make therapy fit into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Teela work with?
She helps people with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem and career concerns. Additional focus areas include compassion fatigue, post-traumatic stress, and immigration-related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She takes a collaborative, strengths-based approach and focuses on practical steps. Sessions are conversational and aimed at clear goals and small experiments to build confidence.
How much experience does she have?
She holds five years of professional practice as a licensed social worker. That experience includes work with LGBT-related concerns, trauma, grief, and career difficulties.
Where is she based and what is her credential?
Teela is licensed in Michigan and holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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