Terri Ellerbe-Graves, LCMHC
North Carolina · 23 years in practice
Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who aims to help people navigate stressful and painful times.
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) who aims to help people navigate stressful and painful times. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Terri focuses on building practical coping skills, healthier boundaries, and clearer patterns for everyday life.
With 23 years in the helping field, she has supported people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and relationship stress.
Background and approach
She also works with concerns such as sleep troubles, parenting strain, intimacy issues, bipolar challenges, and ADHD. Additional areas of focus include abandonment, attachment concerns, body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and blended family issues. Terri combines several approaches to match the needs of each person.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to attend to feelings in the moment and Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current reactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy help translate insight into doable changes. Sessions are straightforward and practical.
Terri helps people set short-term goals, practice new skills between meetings, and build stronger ways of coping with life changes. She creates a nonjudgmental space where clients can talk openly about hard topics. Located in North Carolina, she offers care in English and uses a subscription session model that can be canceled at any time.
The first step is completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits your needs.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) here means paying close attention to what a person feels in the moment and using those emotions to guide useful shifts in relationships and self-understanding. It can help people who feel stuck in recurring patterns of hurt, distance, or conflict.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts without getting caught in them and choosing actions that match what matters most. It is practical for stress, anxiety, coping with change, and moving toward valued goals.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of relating still shape current reactions and closeness. That perspective helps people identify where safety and trust need rebuilding so they can respond differently in current relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Terri will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and try methods that fit their situation. The process is collaborative and flexible, with adjustments made based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make therapy more flexible for busy schedules and varied daily demands.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Terri address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, bipolar difficulties, ADHD, and related worries.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Terri practices in a direct, practical style that focuses on feelings and behavior. She emphasizes building coping skills, setting short-term goals, and practicing changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience working in the helping field with a wide range of concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the NC LCMHC credential and is based in North Carolina.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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