About Terra
Terra Ogle is a licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years in behavioral health. She earned both her undergraduate degree and Master of Social Work from the University of Illinois and brings long experience helping people through depression, anxiety, and trauma. Her manner is warm and supportive and she aims to guide clients through the issues they want to address.
She believes change happens inside a person and in their surroundings.
Background and approach
That means building on strengths people already have and teaching new skills when needed. A large part of her work uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people see how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Terra pays special attention to trauma and how it can shape mood and behavior.
She uses that understanding to approach problems from angles clients might not have tried before. The goal is calmer bodies and clearer thinking over time. Sessions are interactive.
Clients can expect to do most of the talking while Terra reflects, offers gentle challenges, and sometimes uses light humor. She frames herself as a tour guide who helps people find practical steps forward. Her practice covers a range of concerns including stress, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting struggles, grief, mood disorders, and issues related to identity.
Terra is based in Illinois and works in English as she supports people navigating these challenges.
Approaches that guide online care
Terra commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s lead so they feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the process. She works together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques and adjusting along the way.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more full conversations. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, daily support, or times when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or busy days while keeping conversations focused on practical steps and coping skills.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana
- Languages
- English