About Tory
Tory Koetterhagen is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She draws on seven years of professional experience to offer practical support for depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Tory aims to make the first steps feel manageable and to meet people where they are.
Tory uses clear, straightforward conversations to identify what feels most pressing. She works with each person to set small, achievable goals and track progress over time.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on learning skills to cope with strong emotions and build everyday habits that reduce worry. Her approach adapts to the issue at hand. For someone dealing with grief she will focus on pacing and processing loss.
For someone facing low motivation or confidence she emphasizes doable actions that rebuild momentum and self-trust. For anxiety she uses strategies to reduce immediate distress and prevent it from taking over daily life. Tory values respect, sensitivity, and practical problem solving.
She collaborates with clients to shape a plan that fits their schedule and needs. Over time the work is meant to help people feel more capable and more in control of day-to-day challenges. She practices in Wisconsin and conducts therapy in English.
Tory supports people through life changes, relationship challenges, and transitions that affect mood and self-worth.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Many clients benefit from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep anxiety and low mood active. CBT gives concrete skills to break cycles of worry and avoidance and can be used for stress, depression, and SAD.Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. DBT techniques teach ways to ride out intense emotions, improve communication, and reduce reactive behavior, which can help with overwhelming anxiety and interpersonal strains.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what works best for the person's needs and preferences. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to keep or change.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, quick live chat or text messages can support brief check-ins, and messaging can help people process between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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