About Terri
Terri Bassi-Cook is a licensed professional counselor with 36 years of experience based in Pennsylvania. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, grief, addictions, or life changes. Terri makes space for people from all backgrounds and identities to speak openly about what matters to them.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens, reflects, and asks questions to help clients focus on what matters most.
Background and approach
Terri pays attention to how people think about problems, and she helps them test and rebuild unhelpful beliefs. In sessions she draws on client-centered work to keep the conversation centered on the client's needs. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques are used when clients want short-term goals or help building momentum. Terri has worked with a wide range of concerns across many years in practice. That experience informs a practical approach that emphasizes small, achievable steps and clearer choices.
She often frames change as learning new ways of thinking and acting rather than a one-time fix. Clients can expect a respectful, patient therapist who will help them set goals and try different ways of reaching them. Terri aims to help people regain a sense of agency and move toward the life they want.
Approaches online and how they can help
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's goals and perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and supports clients as they name and pursue change. This approach helps people who need a respectful, steady space to sort things out.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Motivational Interviewing is used when clients want help finding the motivation to change habits, such as substance use or health routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Terri will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She often blends techniques so sessions match where the client is in the change process.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see nonverbal cues and work in real time. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to get support between calls or to communicate without being on camera. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, energy levels, and daily demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 36 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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