About Terri
Terri Chester is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 31 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges like addiction and ADHD. Terri works with career questions, caregiver strain, and life transitions such as divorce, moving, or blending households.
Terri practices in North Carolina and draws on a client-centered approach. She treats therapy as a partnership and helps clients notice strengths they already have.
How Terri works
Sessions focus on practical skills like emotion regulation, problem-solving, decision-making, and planning next steps. Her style blends talking with hands-on techniques when useful. Cognitive and cognitive-behavioral tools are used for clear problem-solving and goal-setting.
She also uses mindfulness, expressive arts, Gestalt-style body approaches, and other sensory techniques to deepen understanding. Terri has worked in schools, community college, university settings, mental health agencies, independent practice, and wilderness therapy. That variety informs a flexible approach that adapts to each person’s needs and situation.
She sees therapy as resource-building rather than labeling. People who choose Terri often want straightforward help with coping skills and life planning. She aims to support emotional expression, teach self-care habits, and help people move toward new directions.
Practical steps and steady support guide the work together.
Terri lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches you can try online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's experience and goals. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people build on their own strengths to reach clearer decisions and better coping.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and test them against real-life evidence. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and goal-focused problem solving through homework and practical tools.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, teaches concrete skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving communication. These skills can help with anger, relationship strain, and situations that feel overwhelming.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can change as progress is made and priorities shift.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option for talking. Live chat and text-based messaging work for quick check-ins, shorter sessions, or when written reflection feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit counseling into busy schedules and to continue work between meetings.
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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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