About Terri
Terri Wilkens helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She works with adults facing panic, mood struggles, and questions about life purpose. Terri is a Wisconsin LCSW with 30 years of clinical experience and brings a calm, steady presence to conversations.
Her approach is straightforward. She creates a welcoming space where people can say what they think and feel without judgment. Sessions focus on practical steps and on noticing patterns that keep problems stuck.
How Terri works
Terri uses gentle questioning and reflective listening to clarify what matters most to each person. She draws from several therapy styles to meet real needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-driven choices when emotions feel overwhelming. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and respond to strong feelings in healthier ways. Terri also uses techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
Her background includes work with grief, post-traumatic stress, caregiver stress, and complicated family-of-origin issues. She helps people sort communication problems, control issues, and the fallout of divorce or blended family transitions. Sessions can address body image, guilt and shame, isolation, and midlife concerns.
Terri emphasizes small, doable steps toward clearer priorities and steadier daily functioning. She encourages people to name goals and practice skills between meetings.
Terri lists 6 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
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Approaches that inform online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. It guides clients to take small actions that fit their values even when emotions feel intense. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts and behavior and teaches simple tools to change patterns that increase anxiety or low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and work through strong feelings so they react differently to stress and relationship strain.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied needs. Video lets people read facial cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels uncomfortable. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or when a written format feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible for different schedules and day-to-day demands.
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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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