Terri Chester

Terri Chester is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in NC. She is an Appalachian State graduate, with more than 30 years of counseling experience. During that time, she has worked as a counselor in multiple educational settings such as public school, community college, university - as well as in community settings such as mental health, private practice and wilderness therapy.

Terri describes her methods as strength-based, concentrating on building upon existing strengths and discovering new resources. Her therapeutic approach is client-centered, collaborative, and growth-oriented. Her primary areas of expertise are in the areas of anxiety/depression/anger management, grief and loss, processing past and recent trauma, coping with challenging life events, and developmental life transitions such as relationship issues, career changes, work/life balance, deaths, divorces, blended families, “adulting” and other quality of life issues.

Terri welcomes and enjoys working with clients that represent a wide range of diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultural influences. She believes that humans have endless capacity for change and positive growth - and that most situations can be improved through a combination of self-reflection and increased self-awareness, information, self-care, and supportive collaboration.