About Terri
Terri Benton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with more than two decades of clinical experience. She brings a whole-person perspective and a calm, conversational style to sessions. Terri aims to understand each client's life, not reduce them to a label or a diagnosis.
She trained at Lesley University and has practiced in Massachusetts since receiving her master's degree in Holistic Psychology. That training shaped her belief that every part of a person's life matters in therapy.
Background and approach
Terri listens for what matters to the client and follows that lead when planning next steps. Terri helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and changes in relationships. She also supports those struggling with attention differences such as ADHD, mood concerns like depression or bipolar patterns, substance challenges, and work or career stress.
Her approach is practical and flexible, mixing conversation, coaching, and concrete problem-solving as needed. Sessions tend to be warm and straightforward. Terri pays attention to daily routines, sleep, parenting strain, and how identity and values shape choices.
She uses humor when it feels right and keeps recommendations grounded in the client’s life and abilities. People who choose Terri can expect a therapist who treats them as a whole person. She invites questions and emphasizes finding a style that fits each client’s communication and goals.
If something matters to the client, it matters in the work together.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Terri draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on the whole person. One common approach emphasizes practical skills and coaching to manage daily routines, sleep, and attention challenges; it uses straightforward tools to improve organization, reduce overwhelm, and support follow-through. Another strand centers on processing loss, trauma, and relationship patterns through careful conversation and pacing, helping people make sense of difficult experiences and rebuild connection and meaning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will ask about goals, habits, and preferences, then try strategies that fit the client's life. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are expected as progress and needs become clearer.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let the conversation feel closest to an in-person visit. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, in-between support, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caretaking, and other responsibilities while keeping therapy practical and consistent.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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