About Torri
Torri Mills-Raikes is a licensed clinician in Maryland who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and family conflict. She emphasizes a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult feelings and make changes at their own pace. With two decades of experience, Torri focuses on practical steps people can use day to day.
She listens first, then works with each person to identify what matters most and what small shifts could help.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and conversational rather than overly clinical. Her work often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, problems with communication and control, and feelings of isolation or shame. She also supports people facing life transitions such as separation or a midlife crisis, and those coping with panic or mood disorders.
Torri uses a mix of approaches chosen to fit each person. She draws on client-centered methods to follow the client's lead, cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, and trauma-focused strategies when past events continue to cause trouble. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques help set clear, achievable goals.
People who come to Torri can expect a steady, practical partner. She helps clients break issues into manageable steps, build coping skills, and notice progress over time. The goal is clearer thinking and more workable choices for living.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's priorities, helping people feel heard and understood as they sort through anxiety or stress. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to reduce panic, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits. Trauma-focused therapy targets the effects of past traumatic events and uses gradual, careful steps to reduce distress and build coping strategies.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit the person's goals, symptoms, and comfort level. That process can shift over time as progress is made and new needs emerge.
Online therapy here can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face to face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter check-ins, quick adjustments to coping plans, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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