Dr. Terri Lechnyr, LCSW

Dr. Terri Lechnyr is a licensed clinical social worker with 19 years of experience who uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and mindfulness approaches. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. Her style is straightforward and warm, aimed at helping people find more calm and confidence in daily life.

Dr. Lechnyr often helps people who struggle with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, codependency, and people-pleasing behaviors. She also supports those facing caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, and life transitions like midlife change or coping with a cancer diagnosis. She addresses panic attacks, social anxiety, and seasonal mood shifts in practical ways.

In sessions she blends CBT tools with client-centered conversation and mindfulness practices. That means working on how thoughts affect feelings, practicing grounding skills, and setting small, achievable goals. She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help clients notice progress and stay motivated.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens for what matters most, then suggests exercises and simple behavior changes to reduce worry and build self-esteem. Sessions emphasize clear steps rather than abstract talk.

Dr. Lechnyr offers phone, video, chat, and text-based messaging sessions to fit different schedules. She works in English and practices from Washington. Getting started involves a short questionnaire and scheduling through the site.

Approaches that translate to online sessions

Dr. Lechnyr uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; CBT is practical and often focuses on small experiments and skills that you can practice between sessions. She also draws on client-centered therapy, which means she listens without judgment and follows what matters most to the person seeking help. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build attention and calm through simple breathing and grounding practices that reduce reactivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then suggest which techniques to try first. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods over time if something isn’t a good fit.

Online formats offer several practical advantages. Video calls let you work face-to-face and practice exercises together. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around busy days and different schedules.