Terri Bassi-Cook, LPC

Terri Bassi-Cook is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 36 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction concerns, relationship strain, and life changes. Terri works in a client-centered way and aims to listen closely, reflect observations, and ask questions that help people see what matters most.

Her approach focuses on how people think about problems as much as the problems themselves. She talks through current concerns and helps identify beliefs that get in the way. Then she and the person reshape unhelpful thinking into more realistic ways of seeing things.

Terri uses a mix of approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, alongside psychodynamic and solution-focused ideas. She tends to keep sessions practical, helping people set small goals and try new behaviors between visits. The emphasis is on workable steps rather than long theoretical talks.

People raise a wide range of concerns with Terri, such as parenting stress, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues linked to aging or chronic illness. She also supports those navigating identity and intimacy questions, and people connected to veteran and armed forces issues.

In sessions she aims to create a respectful space regardless of identity, background, or life situation. If the fit feels right, she and the client build a plan together that matches that person’s goals and day-to-day needs.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, listening stance where the person’s own goals lead the work. In online sessions this means the therapist focuses on what the client brings and helps them shape usable next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger. Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings about change and can support work on addictions, health behaviors, and goal setting.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss options and work together with the client to choose methods that fit that person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative decision-making is revisited as goals shift or progress is made.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking because the profile does not list specific formats. Ask which session types are currently offered and how scheduling works. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet from places with quieter surroundings. These practical benefits often help therapy fit into daily routines without changing the therapeutic aims.