Therapist profile
Terry Brewer, LCSW
LCSW in Indiana - Relationships and Family focus
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- Addictions help
- Parenting support
- CBT and DBT
About Terry
Terry Brewer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana with about 15 years of experience. He lists work with addictions, family reunification, mood disorders, and a wide range of relationship and parenting concerns. He provides counseling to adults and notes he has experience across residential settings, corrections, in-person, and online work.
Terry describes a relationship-centered style that is straightforward and at times challenging. He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Motivational Interviewing. Sessions focus on practical change, clearer communication, and coping skills for stress, anxiety, and mood concerns.
Many people contact him about parenting strain, family conflict, partner issues, and problems linked to substance use. He also has experience with trauma, emotional abuse, abandonment, and caregiving stress. Terry aims to help clients reconnect with their values and make choices that reflect who they want to be rather than what their current circumstances demand.
He has worked with individuals, couples, and families in a variety of settings since 2009 and has maintained a clinical social work license in Indiana since 2013. Terry says he responds at least daily through messaging when not in live sessions, and he asks people to confirm that his live session hours fit their weekly schedules before booking.
People looking for clear, direct conversation about relationships, addiction, or parenting strain may find his practical, goal-focused conversations useful. He encourages clients to expect respectful feedback and collaboration while developing tools for everyday life.
How sessions work
How his approaches translate to online work
Terry combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in ways that can work well in online conversations. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real situations, which helps with anxiety, depression, and stress. DBT adds practical emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to manage strong feelings and reduce impulsive behaviors, useful in relationship conflicts and addictive patterns.Finding the right method is part of the process. Terry will work collaboratively to choose which approaches to use based on your goals, concerns, and what feels useful in practice. That may mean trying skill-based CBT practice one week and focusing on emotion regulation exercises the next.
The original profile notes experience with online and in-person work but does not list specific current session formats here, so confirm the live session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time. They can also let conversations continue between in-person visits when life gets hectic. Licensed professionals typically adapt worksheets, behavioral experiments, and skills practice to work in remote sessions so progress can continue even when meetings are not in person.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Indiana
Languages
English
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What kinds of issues does he work with at home?
Terry works with addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and intimacy-related problems.
How would he describe his therapeutic style?
He uses a relationship-centered, straightforward approach that can be validating and challenging while focusing on practical skills and clearer communication.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has about 15 years of experience in counseling, including work in residential facilities, prisons, and both in-person and online settings.
What are his credentials and where is he based?
He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Indiana and practices from that state.
Does he work with people who live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
What session formats does he offer?
The original biography mentions in-person and online experience but does not list current session formats here, so confirm available live session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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