Terry Jensen, LCSW - Therapist in New Jersey

About Terry

Terry Jensen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 30 years of practice in New Jersey. She combines behavioral methods with psychodynamic ideas to help people manage anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Terry aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where clients can talk through difficult experiences and work toward practical change.

She holds a Master of Social Work from Rutgers University and the LCSW credential. Terry draws on direct experience in foster care, healthcare settings, and work with people who have disabilities.

Background and approach

That background informs how she looks at caregiving stress, aging concerns, and end-of-life issues. She uses techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address patterns of thinking and behavior. Mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives help bring awareness to current struggles rooted in past events.

In sessions she focuses on what is happening now and how past events shape present choices. Conversations often move between practical coping steps and exploring underlying feelings. Terry also uses Gestalt ideas to keep work grounded in the present moment while addressing past patterns.

She offers support for grief, relationship challenges, parenting questions, and compassion fatigue. Additional attention is given to adoption and foster care concerns, caregiver stress, and issues like trauma, abuse, or sexual assault when relevant. Terry respects each person’s pace and priorities.

Her style is direct but warm. She helps clients set goals and practices specific skills to reach them. The process emphasizes gradual change, personal agency, and realistic steps toward improved daily functioning.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is focused on helping people get clear about their values and take small actions that align with what matters. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and adjustment to life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at thinking patterns and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on what helps most in real life.

Online sessions are offered by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversations from home. Phone sessions can fit into busy days, and messaging or live chat offers short, on-the-go check-ins and reminders. These options make it easier to access regular support and to practice new skills between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Terry commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting questions, compassion fatigue, and trauma-related concerns among others.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Terry mixes behavioral techniques with psychodynamic and mindfulness approaches. Sessions include practical coping tools and time to understand how past experiences affect current life.

What is her professional background?

She has practiced for 30 years with experience in foster care and healthcare, and work involving people with disabilities.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NJ LCSW 44SC00847000, based in New Jersey.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What formats are available for sessions?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is payment handled and what does it cost?

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

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 30 years
Licensed: New Jersey
Languages: English

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