About Justine
Justine Terzinski is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in Wisconsin. She works with adults over 18 who are managing anxiety, depression, eating and body-image concerns, low self-esteem, and relationship strain. She draws on six years of clinical experience and a longer history in helping roles to guide conversations that matter.
Her background emphasizes empowerment and building self-worth. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps. She uses a positive, whole-person outlook and encourages small changes that make daily life feel more manageable.
Background and approach
In the room she listens first and asks questions to understand the client’s story. She blends client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to surface patterns and try new responses. Emotionally focused ideas and motivational interviewing help when the work touches connections, values, or commitment to change.
Justine offers straightforward strategies for coping with stress, navigating life transitions, and addressing addictive or eating related behaviors. She also supports people facing career strain, compassion fatigue, fertility or adoption-related concerns, and identity questions related to LGBT experiences. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to what each person needs.
She encourages practical exercises between meetings, like mindfulness practices and behavior experiments, to help progress outside sessions. People can expect an approach that balances empathy with concrete steps toward the goals they set together.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s goals and experiences, so sessions prioritize listening and following what matters most to the individual. This approach helps people feel understood and to set goals that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors through practical exercises and homework. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and eating-related patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on how emotions shape relationships and personal patterns, helping people name, express, and work with strong feelings to change interaction cycles.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will review your concerns, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That process may include blending approaches so work matches your goals, values, and pace rather than forcing a single method.
Online formats offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, try brief problem-solving between sessions, or check in without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to keep momentum and practice tools in real time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English