Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Teri
Teri Struthers is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with 25 years of clinical experience based in Minnesota. She brings a background in nursing, military life, and college teaching to her counseling work. Teri uses a relationship-focused approach and draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Her style is direct and practical. She helps people build awareness of their strengths and learn how their reactions shape daily life.
Background and approach
Conversations often focus on taking small, manageable steps toward change and improving how people relate to others. Teri also includes attention to faith when it matters to a client and respects different values. Clients can expect to talk through relationship patterns and personal goals in a calm, steady way.
For people navigating grief, trauma, caregiver stress, or parenting strain, she emphasizes realistic skills and clearer communication. Anger and workplace challenges are addressed with strategies that aim to reduce reactivity and improve problem solving. Teri uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the focus on each person’s experience.
She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and shift behavior. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear goals and find practical steps forward. Sessions are tailored to the person’s situation.
Teri aims to help people gain insight, make better choices, and build habits that support everyday functioning and relationships.
What Teri works with
Everything Teri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Teri's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Teri lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s own experience and priorities, allowing them to set the pace of work and feel heard. This approach supports issues like low self-esteem, relationship concerns, and major life changes by emphasizing empathy and understanding.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches practical skills to identify unhelpful thinking and to test new behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and workplace stress.
Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes clear, short-term goals and small, achievable steps. It is useful when someone wants to make concrete changes quickly or needs tools to manage a specific problem.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then adapt methods to fit the person’s needs. That conversation helps set realistic steps and milestones.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deep conversations and nonverbal cues, phone can be lower bandwidth or easier on the go, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and try different formats to see what works best.
Questions people ask about Teri
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Teri helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship problems, parenting strain, grief, trauma and life transitions. She also supports work-related issues, ADHD-related challenges, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach centers on building a strong relationship and using practical techniques. Conversations focus on awareness, behavior changes, and small steps people can use day to day.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of experience and a background that includes nursing, military life, and college teaching. That mix informs a practical and steady counseling approach.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MN LPCC, and practices out of Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.
How does payment 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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.