Terri Ellerbe-Graves

Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years in the helping field. She focuses on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and restore daily functioning. People who are struggling with anger, stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, or life changes often look to her for straightforward coping strategies and clearer boundaries.

Her approach centers on building useful skills. She offers guidance on coping techniques, emotion regulation, and setting healthy limits. Terri emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about hard things without feeling shamed.

Terri blends several well-known therapeutic approaches to meet each person’s needs. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns. She draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help people clarify values and commit to meaningful steps.

Attachment-based ideas and client-centered methods shape how she explores relationships and emotional safety. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are also part of her toolbox when people need help with strong emotions or coping under pressure.

Terri works with adults in North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. She has experience addressing a wide range of concerns, including trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, sleep problems, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and intimacy-related struggles. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that lead to distress and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms. CBT is often applied to anger, sleep problems, and mood challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences, and then suggest which methods to try. Those choices are made together and can change as progress is made.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, remove travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also accommodate quieter surroundings or less bandwidth when video is not possible. Licensed professionals can use digital sessions to teach skills, review homework, and support changes between meetings.