About Terri
Terri Wilkens, LCSW, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and low self-esteem. She speaks plainly and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable. Terri works to create a respectful space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.
With three decades of experience, Terri draws on practical approaches that focus on what matters most to each person. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thought patterns and from acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and next steps.
Background and approach
Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques also appear when emotion regulation or relationship patterns need attention. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Terri helps people break big problems into small, doable steps.
She listens for what feels stuck and offers skills to reduce panic, manage mood swings, and cope with grief. Terri also addresses life transitions such as divorce, blended family adjustments, caregiving stress, and midlife questions. She supports people dealing with body image, guilt and shame, isolation, and family of origin issues.
Practical communication strategies are part of the work when relationships are strained. Therapy can include short-term coping tools and longer work on patterns that repeat over time. Terri guides each person toward clear, achievable goals and checks in about progress along the way.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Terri often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters most and to take small steps toward those values. ACT focuses on accepting difficult feelings while committing to actions that align with personal goals and can be helpful for anxiety and life direction concerns.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift thought patterns that fuel panic or low mood. CBT provides concrete skills to test unhelpful beliefs and build better coping habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy may be used when relationship patterns or strong emotions need focused attention to improve connection and understanding.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Terri works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She will adjust techniques as progress is made and check in regularly about what is helpful.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break, while messaging or live chat offer shorter check-ins and flexible timing. These options aim to make it easier to access consistent support without rearranging a whole day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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