About Tekla
Tekla McCabe is a licensed clinical social worker with seven years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps that build self-worth, improve communication, and help clients find direction. Tekla speaks plain language and aims to make therapy feel understandable and manageable for busy lives.
She often supports people through big transitions like divorce, grief, career shifts, and identity changes.
How Tekla works
She also works with issues related to trauma, panic, social anxiety, and mood. Tekla addresses patterns such as codependency, attachment struggles, and challenges in blended family situations. Tekla pays attention to life circumstances that change how people cope, such as pregnancy and postpartum phases, chronic illness, financial strain, and workplace pressure.
She emphasizes real skills for day-to-day life, like communication tools and ways to reduce overwhelm. Sessions look at what is happening now and what practical steps can help next. Her style is compassionate and nonjudgmental.
She aims to create an accepting space where clients can talk openly, try new ways of relating, and practice skills between sessions. Tekla works in Utah and provides services in English. People who choose her can expect an approach that balances emotional support with concrete strategies.
She encourages gradual progress and helps clients set realistic goals they can use outside the therapy room.
What Tekla works with
The areas below are the ones Tekla selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How evidence-based techniques translate to online work
Tekla uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on emotion regulation and improving relationships. One approach she emphasizes involves learning skills to manage strong feelings and reduce panic by practicing grounding and breathing strategies along with gradual exposure to feared situations. Another approach centers on improving communication and attachment patterns by identifying unhelpful interaction habits and rehearsing clearer ways to ask for needs and set boundaries.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tekla will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan based on what helps. She aims to combine emotional support with practical exercises the client can use between sessions.
If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking as specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let clients practice communication and coping skills in everyday settings and bring real-life situations into discussion during sessions.
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