Terri Ellerbe-Graves

Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with 23 years in the helping field. She supports people facing life changes, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She aims to help clients build coping strategies, clearer boundaries, and practical skills that fit day-to-day life.

Terri uses straightforward, modern approaches so therapy stays relevant to current stressors. She welcomes conversations about past trauma, grief, or intimacy issues and works to reduce shame and fear around being vulnerable. Her manner is nonjudgmental and steady; clients can expect an open space to talk honestly.

In sessions she focuses on teaching tools that people can use between meetings. That can include skills for managing strong emotions, habits to improve sleep, or steps to address low self-esteem. Terri draws on methods that help people take action in small, sustainable ways.

Her background spans many settings over two decades, which informs a flexible style that adapts to each person’s needs. She has worked with concerns ranging from ADHD and bipolar symptoms to caregiving stress and chronic illness. This experience shapes how she blends practical skill-building with attention to emotional safety.

Terri works with clients to set clear goals and track progress together. She encourages people to try strategies and then adjust them as life changes. The focus is on steady growth, not perfection.

How Terri’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and major life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns that cause distress. It can help with depression, sleep problems, and anger. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can be helpful for intimacy and attachment concerns.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Terri works with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She will try strategies, check how they feel in practice, and adjust as needed so therapy stays useful as life changes.

If you are considering remote work, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit conversations into a busy week, shorten travel time, or allow for quicker check-ins when things feel urgent. They also let people practice skills in real-life settings and bring that experience back to therapy for discussion. Licensed professionals can tailor pacing and tools to what you need, helping therapy fit into everyday life without promising a specific outcome.