Terri Ellerbe-Graves, LCMHC
North Carolina · 23 years in practice
Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years in the helping field.
License and registration
- LCMHC, North Carolina
- 11187 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1356748651 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 23
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Terri
Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years in the helping field. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, and other life changes. Terri aims to help clients build coping skills, set healthy boundaries, and find workable routines that fit real life.
Terri blends Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols with goal-focused methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Background and approach
She also brings attachment-based and client-centered approaches into sessions. That mix lets her address both immediate problems and deeper patterns that keep recurring. In a typical session she listens closely, helps clarify what matters most, and works with each person to create tools they can use between visits.
That may include behavioral experiments, values-based actions, or ways to shift painful thinking. Sessions move at a pace the client can manage. Many people come to her feeling ashamed, stuck, or nervous about being vulnerable.
She emphasizes creating a nonjudgmental space to name hard things and try new responses. Terri supports people through trauma, anger, intimacy issues, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and other complex situations. She practices in North Carolina and provides care in English.
Terri offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can connect in ways that fit their schedules and comfort.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Terri uses Jungian therapy to help people explore personal meaning, symbols, and recurring life themes that show up in dreams or strong feelings. That approach can help when someone wants to understand deeper patterns behind their reactions. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on values and small actions to move toward a meaningful life while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Finally, attachment-based ideas guide work on close relationships by looking at how early bonds shape current ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Terri collaborates with each person to identify what feels most useful based on their goals, preferences, and challenges. She often blends methods over time so sessions address immediate needs while also looking at longer-term change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions work well for in-depth conversation and observing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Chat and text messaging let people check in between sessions or use written reflection when that fits their rhythm. These formats make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Terri commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She combines Jungian-informed exploration of meaning with practical therapies like CBT and ACT, focusing on skills, values, and identifying recurring life patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Terri has 23 years working in the helping field and has supported people with a wide range of concerns over that time.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC, licensed in North Carolina and practices there.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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