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Ida Terry, LPC

Based in Oregon Online sessions

Compassionate, practical counseling for parents and people

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Years in practice
22
Credentials
LPC
Licensed in
Connecticut, Arizona, Oregon
Languages
English
Focus
Addictions
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Family conflicts
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Grief
About

About Ida

Ida Terry is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oregon with 22 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing addictions, relationship struggles, grief, depression, and the stresses of parenting. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, aimed at helping people take small steps toward change.

Ida uses Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral approaches to help people identify unhelpful patterns and try new ways of responding. She also draws on Existential and Narrative ideas to help people make sense of painful events and reclaim a sense of direction.

Background and approach

Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel unsure about change or stuck in addictive patterns. Clients can expect clear goals and down-to-earth conversation. Ida helps people name what matters, set realistic steps, and track progress.

Sessions often include problem-solving, reframing thoughts, and practicing different behaviors between meetings. Her background includes work with a wide range of concerns such as family conflict, blended family issues, codependency, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, first responder and veteran issues, multicultural stress, and women's issues. She brings experience addressing intimacy, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

Ida offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. International clients who speak English may connect with her. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to pair people with a therapist and set up the first meeting.

Focus areas and approaches

What Ida works with

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Approaches Ida lists

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches fit into online therapy

Ida blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to meet people where they are. Client-Centered work focuses on listening, reflecting, and following the client's concerns so they feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try practical behavior and thinking changes for problems like depression, anxiety, and addictive behaviors.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing when someone is unsure about change. That approach uses open questions and reflective listening to uncover personal motivations and strengthen commitment to small steps. Together these approaches allow sessions to be tailored to goals, whether the aim is managing cravings, improving communication, or handling parenting stress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ida works collaboratively to identify goals, try different strategies, and adjust as needed based on what helps. Clients are invited to share preferences and feedback so sessions stay relevant and manageable.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit a shorter check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
Questions

Questions people ask about Ida

What concerns does Ida commonly address?

She helps people with addictions, family and parenting stress, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her way of working?

The approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. Ida uses client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, existential questions, and narrative methods to help people make practical changes.

What kind of experience does she bring?

Ida has 22 years of clinical experience and has worked with a range of issues including addictions, family problems, veteran and first responder concerns, multicultural stress, and women's issues.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor holding LPC credentials in Arizona and Oregon and practices out of Oregon.

Can non-U.S. clients work with her and in which language?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients who can participate in English-language sessions.

What session formats are available?

Sessions may be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the steps to begin working together?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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