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
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About Terri
Terri Ellerbe-Graves is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 23 years in the helping field. She focuses on practical steps that can ease day-to-day strain so people feel steadier and more in control. Terri aims to create a calm space where worries and past hurts can be talked through without judgment.
She combines an attention to meaning and values with concrete skills building. That can look like clarifying what matters most, setting healthier boundaries, or practicing tools to manage anxiety and mood swings.
Background and approach
Terri names coping strategies and core skills as part of the work together. Her experience covers many common and complex concerns, including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship struggles, parenting stress, sleep problems, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and identity issues. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and body image concerns.
Terri draws on several approaches to fit each person’s needs. Those include existential ideas about meaning, acceptance and commitment work to clarify values, attachment-focused perspectives to improve relationships, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral tools to change unhelpful patterns. Sessions are offered through flexible online formats so people can choose what works best for their routine.
Prospective clients in North Carolina can begin by using the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule an initial appointment.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
Existential therapy pays attention to meaning, choice, and the big questions people bring to therapy. It helps when life changes or loss make someone ask what matters and how they want to live. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking action toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current bonds and communication. It helps people understand hurtful patterns and try new ways of connecting and setting boundaries.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Terri will work collaboratively to see which methods match a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day realities. Together they decide what to try, adjust what isn’t helping, and build a plan that fits the client’s life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can pick what fits their routine. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and caregiving duties.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Terri commonly help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, sleep problems, ADHD, and bipolar disorder.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends meaning-focused conversations with practical skill building. Expect listening that centers your values along with tools for managing emotions and behavior.
How much experience does she have?
She has 23 years of experience in the helping field working with many common and complex concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an NC LCMHC license and practices with clients located in North Carolina.
In what languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Terri offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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