Ida Terry , LPC

Ida Terry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of clinical experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate grief, addiction, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions. She creates a respectful, culturally responsive therapeutic environment where people can examine past wounds, work through anger or resentment, and develop a growth-oriented mindset to support lasting change.

Her clinical style is collaborative and strategic, blending behavioral and relational approaches with attention to each client’s cultural values. Ida’s training includes a Master Arts Degree in Counseling, a two-year Advanced Certificate in Internal Family System Theory, and a Certificate of Achievement in the Addiction Treatment of Military & Veteran Culture. Those qualifications inform her work with blended families, first responders, veterans, and people coping with substance or process addictions.

Ida draws on both evidence-informed techniques and values that matter to the individual, helping people build coping skills, strengthen relationships, and pursue clearer life purpose. She emphasizes practical steps toward transformation while honoring each person’s unique story and cultural context.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Ida integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) into her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a supportive, non-directive space where the person’s own goals and values guide the work - it is helpful for issues like grief, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and identity questions. CBT emphasizes identifying and shifting unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, teaching practical skills to manage depression, anxiety, addictive behaviors, and anger.

She also uses motivational interviewing to help people resolve ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change, a useful approach for addictions and behavior change. Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process - Ida works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for clients balancing work, family, mobility, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care, access support from different locations, and fit therapy into a busy life while still working with licensed professionals toward meaningful change.