About Terri
Terri Wilkens is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem. She draws on three decades of practice to offer calm, practical support for everyday problems and deeper wounds. Terri aims to make the first step easier for anyone feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to begin.
She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they are thinking and feeling.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what matters most to the person in front of her. Sessions are straightforward and paced to each individual’s needs rather than driven by jargon. Terri uses a mix of proven approaches to address emotions and behaviors.
She helps clients spot unhelpful thinking patterns, try small changes, and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. Skills work and emotion-focused conversations are common parts of sessions. Over a 30-year career Terri has worked with a wide range of concerns, including trauma and post-traumatic stress, panic attacks, mood disorders, and complicated grief.
She also supports people dealing with family of origin issues, blended family challenges, caregiving strain, and body image struggles. Terri is listed as LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Her practice is based in Wisconsin and she offers therapy in English.
She aims to meet people where they are and help them build clearer choices and steadier days.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose meaningful actions anyway. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and struggles around life purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting and changing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, which can help with panic, mood challenges, and anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centers on how feelings and attachment needs shape close relationships and personal healing; it can be helpful for relationship pain and grief.Finding the best fit is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and daily life. Together they will try approaches that suit the person's preferences and adjust when something is not helping. That collaborative process is part of the work.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls let the therapist and client use body language and longer conversation. Phone sessions work well when a quieter space or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, and keeping therapy going on a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep steady progress while balancing work, caregiving, and other demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English