About Terence
Dr. Terence "Terry" Rooney is a California clinical psychologist with four decades of experience. He brings a calm, direct style to sessions and helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions.
He is CA Psychologist 18919 and works in English. He describes his work as practical and person-focused. Sessions typically focus on clear goals and everyday tools.
He draws from several approaches to match what each person needs. Rooney’s background includes long experience in both public settings and independent practice.
Background and approach
He completed the clinical supervision required for his license while working in independent practice. That mix has shaped a flexible way of working with different concerns. In the first sessions he listens closely to understand current problems and what the client hopes to change.
He then suggests straightforward strategies to try between meetings, and checks progress together. Therapy with him may use short-term problem solving or longer work for deeper issues. He helps people with relationship and family stress, parenting concerns, addiction and recovery issues, eating and self-esteem problems, career shifts, and coping with illness or caregiver strain.
People who benefit most are those who want practical guidance and thoughtful conversation. He welcomes questions about how therapy will work and what to expect before scheduling.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflects what matters most, which helps people feel heard and decide their next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and gives concrete strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, stress, and mood challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works together with each person to pick methods that match their goals and comfort level. That collaboration means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as needed.
Online sessions can be done as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video best supports face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief updates, short coaching, or when writing feels more natural. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life and make it easier to keep regular contact with a therapist.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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