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Ida Terry uses a person-focused counseling style to help people work through addiction, grief, relationship problems, and major life changes.

01About Ida

Ida Terry uses a person-focused counseling style to help people work through addiction, grief, relationship problems, and major life changes. She is an LPC with more than two decades of experience and offers a calm, steady presence for those feeling overwhelmed. Ida speaks English and sees clients in Oregon as well as international clients online.

Her approach centers on listening first and then building practical steps forward. She draws on client-centered methods to follow each person's lead, and uses cognitive tools to change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior.

Background and approach

She also brings existential ideas about meaning and choice when people are grappling with life purpose or sudden change. Ida has worked with many concerns related to family and relationships, including blended family issues, parenting strain, codependency, and intimacy challenges. She also supports people facing addiction, process addictions, and problems tied to trauma, anger, guilt, or shame.

Additional focus areas include first responder and veteran issues, multicultural and discrimination concerns, and women’s issues. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Ida helps clients set clear goals, try small experiments between sessions, and adjust plans when needed.

She combines motivational interviewing techniques to support readiness for change with narrative work that helps people reframe their stories. Her background includes a Master of Arts in Counseling and certificates related to internal family systems and addiction treatment in military and veteran culture. Ida aims to create an environment where people can make steady progress toward the life they want.

02Credentials

LPC (Connecticut)
License 4362 · expires February 2026
LPC (Arizona)
License LPC-22736 · expires December 2027
LPC (Oregon)
License C8379 · expires February 2027
NPI
1922692896 · national provider identifier

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03Focus areas and approaches

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Methods Ida names

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04Online support

How Ida's Approaches Work Online

Ida often uses client-centered work that focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around what matters most to them. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thinking patterns and habits and teaches practical skills to change them; this is useful for depression, anxiety, and behavior change.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. Ida will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps. She emphasizes collaboration and small, testable steps so therapy fits the person's pace and priorities.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations and visual connection, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief updates or homework between sessions. These options give flexibility for different rhythms and needs while keeping the focus on steady progress.

05Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Ida address?

She helps people with addictions, family and relationship conflicts, grief, parenting strain, depression, trauma and related issues like anger, low self-esteem, and intimacy concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Ida uses a client-centered approach combined with cognitive behavioral methods and motivational interviewing to set goals and try practical changes between sessions.

How much experience does she bring?

She has 22 years of experience working with diverse concerns including addiction, trauma, and multicultural issues.

What credentials and location are listed?

Ida is an LPC with licensure noted in Arizona and Oregon and is based in Oregon.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients for online work.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

How does billing and cost work?

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

How do I begin working with her?

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