About Terri
Terri Benton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 22 years of experience. She emphasizes a holistic view of people and pays attention to the many parts that make up someone’s life. Terri values a warm, human approach and uses humor when it fits.
She aims to join people in their process with respect and curiosity. Terri earned a Master of Arts in Holistic Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
How Terri works
That training shaped how she sees problems - not as isolated symptoms but as connected pieces of a person’s story. She draws on decades of work helping people talk through grief, trauma, relationship struggles, and changes in life direction. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, addictions, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
She also helps with intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, and career questions. LGBT concerns and family-related stress are part of her focus as well. Terri describes therapy as collaborative.
She listens first to understand each person’s beliefs and values before offering suggestions. That means sessions usually begin with questions about what matters most to the client and what they want to change. Clients can expect straightforward conversations that combine practical ideas with attention to emotions and life context.
Terri brings 22 years of clinical experience and a respect for each person’s unique story to the work. She practices in Massachusetts and offers services in English. Terri welcomes international clients and adapts her approach to match each person’s goals and communication style.
What Terri works with
The areas below are the ones Terri selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques and online care come together
Terri uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding a person’s whole life. One approach involves talking through past wounds and current feelings to reduce the impact of trauma and abuse on daily functioning. Another approach helps people rebuild routines and coping skills to manage anxiety, depression, bipolar mood shifts, and stress. These methods aim to produce practical changes in thinking and behavior while honoring emotional experience.Choosing the right approach is treated as a shared process. The therapist listens to your goals, asks about what has and hasn’t helped, and tailors methods to fit your needs and preferences. Together you decide whether to emphasize emotional processing, skill-building, coaching, or a mix of strategies over time.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make work with a licensed professional more flexible. Video is useful for a deeper conversational session, phone calls are lower bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat lets you check in quickly, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity when schedules change.
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