About Terri
Terri Pule is a licensed clinical social worker in Hawaii who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, parenting strain, and life transitions. She supports those dealing with trauma, self-esteem struggles, caregiving stress, and questions about purpose and self-love. Terri also works with issues related to LGBT concerns, pregnancy and childbirth, and compassion fatigue.
Terri uses a down-to-earth style in sessions. She listens first and helps people set small, clear steps they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on practical ways to manage mood, rebuild confidence, and handle everyday pressures. Her work draws on client-centered therapy, which centers the person's own goals and experience, and cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness practices are used to build present-moment awareness and calm.
Solution-focused conversations help identify concrete changes that feel doable. Terri has five years of professional experience and holds a Hawaii licensed clinical social worker credential, HI LCSW LCSW-4690. She aims to make therapy approachable and straightforward for people who are unsure where to begin.
Sessions are offered through a mix of live formats and messaging. Terri schedules to suit different routines and often supports clients through periods of major change, such as divorce, caregiving transitions, or career shifts.
Approaches that fit into your life online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and experiences. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to you, and helps you set goals that feel right for your situation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood. It uses clear steps and exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Terri will work with each person to decide which methods match their needs and preferences. Goals, pace, and tools are chosen together so the work feels practical and achievable. Online sessions can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier. Video calls let you have face-to-face conversation from wherever you are, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or shorter updates between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings, and steady progress without long commutes.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English