Teri Hines, LMHC

Teri Hines is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience supporting people through addiction, trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She helps with intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem struggles, sleeping problems, and career stress. She also addresses LGBT concerns, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and coping with major life changes.

Her sessions aim to be straightforward and nonjudgmental. She creates space for people to talk about hard feelings and painful memories. The focus is on practical steps that fit into daily life and clear goals the person can see progress toward.

Teri draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape sessions. That means looking at unhelpful thoughts, strengthening motivation for change, and identifying small solutions that move people forward. She tailors those methods to each person’s situation and goals.

She also gives attention to forgiveness, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress when these topics come up. Women's issues are a further focus area she can discuss in sessions. Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented, with room for compassion and realism.

People who reach out complete a short matching questionnaire to begin. Teri works in Florida as a licensed mental health counselor and conducts intake and planning with each person to set priorities and next steps.

How her approaches guide online therapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and stress by teaching practical coping skills and step-by-step plans.

Motivational Interviewing centers on building a person's own reasons for change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to strengthen motivation for quitting addictions, making health changes, or tackling career shifts.

Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, immediate changes that lead to bigger improvements. Sessions emphasize what is already working and how to do more of it, which can help with relationship goals, coping with life changes, and problem-solving.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can help fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and make it easier to check in between commitments. It also allows for shorter or longer visits to match a person's needs and aims to make consistent care more practical within everyday life.