Terri Ellerbe-Graves, LCMHC

Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years working in the helping field. She supports people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worn down by stress, grief, relationship strain, or past trauma. She aims to help clients build coping strategies, set healthier boundaries, and develop core skills that fit everyday life.

Terri uses straightforward, modern therapy to match what people need now. She offers a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about fears, mistakes, and hard memories without feeling judged. Her work includes attention to concerns such as anxiety, depression, anger, ADHD, intimacy issues, and LGBT-related worries.

Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based work. Sessions often focus on practical steps people can try between meetings, such as new ways to notice thoughts, manage difficult emotions, and shift unhelpful patterns.

Terri also addresses life-stage and long-term care issues, including aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and the ripple effects of adoption, abandonment, or blended family dynamics. She helps people navigate big changes and complicated health or relationship challenges.

Sessions are conducted in English and are provided from North Carolina. The therapist uses a subscription payment model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling begins by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.

How Terri's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and values-guided action rather than getting stuck in worry. It can help with anxiety, depression, and big life changes by teaching practical ways to keep moving toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like low mood or anxiety. It often includes straightforward exercises you can try between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and offers ways to build more secure connections and manage relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Terri will work with clients to identify goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences. Together they decide which techniques to use, and adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the exact session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel and allowing therapy during breaks or from different locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins when you only need a brief session, or conversational work if you prefer not to use video. Ask about available session formats when you start the matching process so scheduling matches your routine.