About Teri
Teri Hines is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience helping people cope with addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She aims to make taking the first step toward change feel manageable. Teri listens with attention and without judgment so clients can speak honestly about what is hard.
She builds straightforward plans that focus on immediate problems and small, practical steps.
How Teri works
Sessions center on what a person wants to change now and how to get there. Teri uses tools that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and keep momentum between meetings. Her background includes supporting people with stress, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and career worries.
She also addresses issues such as forgiveness, guilt and shame, post-traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, and women's issues. This gives a broad base for tailoring work to the problem a person brings. Teri blends goal-focused techniques with motivational conversations so people feel heard and ready to act.
She explains options clearly and checks in about what is working. The approach is collaborative and practical rather than abstract. People who choose her can expect calm guidance, direct feedback, and realistic steps to try between sessions.
Appointments are offered through a mix of communication styles to fit different needs and schedules.
Teri lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Teri works with
The areas below are the ones Teri selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and day-to-day stress by teaching practical skills to try between sessions.Motivational Interviewing focuses on a person's own reasons for change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to strengthen motivation for quitting addictions, improving self-care, or making life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review a person's goals and preferences and recommend methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls let people read body language and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, coping tools between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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