Janice Terry, LCSW

Janice Terry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Texas who focuses on practical, skills-based therapy. She leans on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new patterns that fit their goals. Her style is straightforward and goal-focused to help clients make change in daily life.

With 26 years of experience, she draws on a mix of approaches that include attachment-based and client-centered ideas alongside DBT and emotion-focused techniques. That means sessions often combine problem-solving, attention to relationship patterns, and learning ways to manage strong emotions. Janice teaches coping skills, communication strategies, and ways to strengthen self-worth.

She works with a wide range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, sleep and eating issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, and family-of-origin problems. Janice also supports people facing career stresses, relationship difficulties, and major life changes.

Sessions may include skill practice, thought records, role-play for communication, and grounding strategies for intense feelings. She helps clients set clear goals and track small steps toward them. Her approach blends practical homework with attention to emotions and relationship patterns.

People who want a direct, experienced clinician who emphasizes skills and real-world changes may find her approach helpful. She offers therapy options that fit different schedules and preferences while working collaboratively to find the best next steps.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that get in the way of goals and then practicing different thoughts and actions. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and habit change. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people shift those interaction habits to feel more secure and connected.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean blending CBT skills with attention to attachment or using emotion-focused work when relationships are central.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill demonstration, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, school, caregiving, or health demands.