About Terri
Terri Benton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with more than 22 years of practice. She blends an open, person-centered outlook with straightforward conversation. Terri keeps sessions grounded and practical while paying attention to the whole person.
She trained with a Master of Arts in Holistic Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That background shaped a style that considers life experience, beliefs, and values together. Terri avoids rigid labels and focuses on what matters to each individual.
Background and approach
People come to her for many reasons, including anxiety, stress, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, sleep problems, addiction, ADHD, and career questions. She listens first, then helps people notice patterns and try small changes that can make daily life easier. Sessions are conversational and often include practical tools, coping ideas, and gentle challenge when helpful.
Terri aims to balance seriousness with warmth and a touch of humor where it fits. Her approach emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person's pace. Terri works with people in Massachusetts and also offers help to international clients in English.
She uses multiple ways to connect and supports people through transitions, hard feelings, and the work of building more meaningful routines and relationships.
Practical approaches for online care
Terri draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize the whole person and practical change. One common approach she uses focuses on learning coping skills and behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve sleep; this involves identifying unhelpful patterns and testing small, doable adjustments. Another approach centers on processing trauma and difficult feelings at a steady pace, helping people build tolerance for strong emotions while they learn new ways to respond. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Terri will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is useful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share short updates or get steady support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules, travel, or different time zones.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
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