Tori Hankey, LPC

Tori Hankey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas who uses clear, practical therapy methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, and life changes. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive-behavioral ideas to help clients notice patterns and make actionable changes. Tori also brings attachment-focused and emotionally oriented work into sessions to address relationship and intimacy concerns.

Before counseling, she spent sixteen years as a professional dog trainer and ran dog resort businesses. That background informs her use of Animal Assisted Therapy, where the steady presence of a therapy dog can help clients feel calmer and more grounded during sessions. She combines that with talking-based tools to tackle problems like grief, mood struggles, trauma, and addictions.

Tori supports people dealing with family and relationship difficulties, parenting strain, career stress, and challenges tied to health or caregiving. She also works with those navigating spiritual questions, survivors of sexual abuse, and people coping after suicide loss. Her experience includes attention to attachment issues, body image, and blended family concerns.

She holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Studies with a certification in Entrepreneurship from the University of Houston. Tori has four years of counseling experience and practices in Texas as an LPC.

In sessions she aims for practical steps and real skills. She helps people set goals, build coping strategies, and improve connections with others. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-based action instead of getting stuck. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers concrete tools for mood and anxiety symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and can help people improve connection and reduce relationship distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change over time as the client and therapist learn what helps most.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. Many people find that the same therapeutic techniques used in person can be adapted to remote work, and a therapist will explain how sessions will run and what to expect during the first meeting.