About Terri
Terri Bassi-Cook is a licensed professional counselor with 36 years of experience in Pennsylvania who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, addiction concerns, and grief. She works with clients around life changes, trauma, parenting challenges, sleep problems, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Terri emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental approach and aims to help clients find practical ways forward.
In sessions Terri listens closely and asks questions to help clients focus on what matters most to them.
Background and approach
She uses a client-centered stance that places the person's goals and values at the center of the work. Conversations move between exploring how a person thinks about problems and trying small changes that can make daily life easier. Terri draws on several approaches depending on the person and the concern.
She may work on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, set small achievable goals, and use motivational techniques to support change. She also pays attention to how past experiences shape present coping and relationships. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth.
Clients can expect clear observations, direct questions, and gentle challenge when it helps them see new options. Terri frames the work as teamwork aimed at reshaping beliefs that get in the way of living more fully. Her background includes many years helping people with addiction, caregiver stress, chronic illness, bereavement, and communication problems.
Sessions focus on practical steps that fit a person's life while also addressing deeper patterns that keep problems repeating.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's goals and experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people make choices that match their values. This approach is useful for people who need a calm, supportive space to sort through feelings and decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps identify patterns that increase anxiety or low mood and teaches practical skills to change them. CBT is often chosen for stress, anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood because it leads to clear steps people can try between sessions.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change. It uses questions and reflections to strengthen a person’s own reasons for making changes, such as reducing substance use or improving self-care.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Terri will discuss options and help decide what fits best based on a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The plan can change as progress is made or new priorities come up.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people use body language and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share updates or get support between longer sessions. These formats help therapy fit into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 36 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English