Terri Ellerbe-Graves, LCMHC
Therapist in North Carolina
Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years of experience.
- Licensed inNorth Carolina
- License11187
- NPI 1356748651
- Experience23+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Terri
Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns, and life changes. She helps people build coping skills, set healthier boundaries, and regain a sense of control when life feels overwhelming.
Terri uses straightforward, practical methods so clients can notice small changes fast. Sessions focus on real problems and everyday solutions. She encourages honest conversations and aims to make it easy to talk about painful or embarrassing topics without judgment.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on Attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered ideas to mix skills, values work, and problem-solving. Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools can be added when emotional regulation or distress tolerance is needed.
Over two decades in the field have given her experience with many issues, including trauma, parenting concerns, intimacy struggles, ADHD, and chronic health challenges. She also supports people dealing with adoption or abandonment themes, caregiver stress, body image worries, and blended family dynamics. Sessions are offered in English and delivered from North Carolina.
Terri emphasizes collaboration: she and the client set goals together, then pick approaches that fit the person’s needs and life. Practical steps and steady follow-through are central to how she works.
Credentials
- LCMHC (North Carolina)
- License 11187 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1356748651 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Terri lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Terri names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Terri’s approaches fit with online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and feelings, helping people notice and shift automatic reactions in close relationships. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values, learning to accept hard feelings, and taking committed steps toward a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete strategies to reduce symptoms and change unhelpful patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Terri partners with clients to decide what methods match their goals and preferences. Together they set priorities, try techniques, and adjust the plan as progress is made so the work fits daily life.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how work happens. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and get brief support when needed. These options make it simpler to fit counseling into busy schedules while still using attachment, ACT, or CBT tools in practical ways.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Terri commonly address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting worries, sleeping problems, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, mixing skill-building with values work and space to talk through painful experiences without judgment.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 23 years working in the helping field and has supported people with trauma, chronic illness, ADHD, adoption or abandonment concerns, and caregiver stress.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, NC LCMHC, practicing from North Carolina.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
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