About Terry
Terry Massey brings more than two decades of clinical practice to his work. He is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - and holds the South Carolina LISW-CP credential. Terry uses straightforward, practical methods to help people facing relationship troubles, stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, mood concerns, and parenting challenges.
Terry trained in social work and related counseling methods and has worked in mental health and early childhood settings since the mid-1990s.
Background and approach
He has provided individual, couple, family, and group psychotherapy and has experience with a wide range of life stages and backgrounds. His history includes leadership and supervision roles in community mental health agencies. In sessions he focuses on clear goals and concrete steps.
He blends talking and skill-building so people can try small changes between appointments. He also pays attention to how relationships and daily habits shape mood and coping. Terry encourages clients to use their strengths to meet current problems and to develop routines that support longer-term wellbeing.
People often come for help with communication, anger, commitment issues, parenting stresses, body image, trauma, or career challenges. He also supports those dealing with addiction, bipolar or depressive symptoms, ADHD, and intimacy-related concerns. He makes room for conversations about identity and sexuality, including BDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultures.
Terry describes therapy as a partnership. He aims to help clients move from crisis-focused work toward maintenance and self-reliance. Sessions are offered from his North Carolina practice and he communicates in English.
How Terry's Approaches Work Online
Terry commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person's experience and priorities, helping them feel heard and understood so they can choose changes that fit their life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits, and replacing them with practical behavior changes to reduce stress and improve mood.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Terry will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together the client and therapist decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins and flexibility between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or travel obligations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, South Carolina
- Languages
- English