About Terri
Terri Duganne is a licensed master social worker who helps people facing addiction, relationship strain, low self esteem, depression, grief, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with career shifts, intimacy concerns, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Terri brings 32 years of clinical experience in Michigan to each conversation and meets people with a calm, thoughtful presence.
Her approach blends psychological, physical, and spiritual perspectives. She uses meditation and mindful-being practices alongside talk therapy to help people slow down and notice what matters.
How Terri works
Sessions focus on practical steps that make daily life easier, such as clearer communication, better boundaries, and coping strategies for stress and pain. Terri works with issues like abandonment, forgiveness, guilt, and shame in straightforward language. She helps people untangle family of origin patterns, codependency, infidelity, and problems that follow divorce or separation.
When chronic illness or caregiver stress are present, she aims to make coping more manageable and less isolating. People seeking support for impulsivity, commitment questions, blended family challenges, or aging-related concerns will find a steady therapist who listens. Her years of practice include guiding life review and meaning-making work when people face transitions or loss.
Terri favors an integrative, respectful style that honors each person’s values. Conversations are paced to fit the client. She concentrates on building skills and insight that transfer into daily routines.
The goal is clearer choices, more satisfying relationships, and renewed direction moving forward.
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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Approaches that combine mindfulness and meaning
Terri draws on meditation-based practices that teach simple attention skills and mindful-being. These techniques help people reduce reactivity, notice emotional patterns, and build small daily habits that improve mood and focus. They can be useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and stress management.She also uses integrative body-mind-spirit work to connect physical sensations with thoughts and beliefs. This approach encourages gentle reflection on life events, values, and purpose, and can support work around trauma, life transitions, and chronic illness adjustment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Terri will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pace and tools over time so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls make it possible to have a deeper face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins, timely coaching, and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people keep momentum while balancing work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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