Terry Hasenzahl, LMFT

Terry Hasenzahl is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. She approaches people with warmth and direct care, aiming to make the first step toward help feel less overwhelming. Terry focuses on practical change so clients can move toward more peaceful, authentic daily life.

Many people come with feeling alone, overwhelmed, or stuck in relationship patterns. Terry hears people who are wrestling with grief, addiction, anxiety, depression, midlife transitions, and stress from caregiving or blended family life. She also supports concerns such as sleep problems, anger, ADHD, and career or parenting strain.

In sessions she uses a person-centered, strengths-based way of working. That means listening closely, offering clear feedback, and helping clients build on what already works. She mixes conversational coaching with tools from cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness approaches to change habits and reduce distress.

Motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior therapy ideas appear when they help a person move past resistance or manage big emotions. Narrative and solution-focused techniques are used to rewrite unhelpful stories and set small, doable goals. Terry also provides psycho-education so people understand what is happening and why certain steps matter.

Terry practices in Missouri and draws on long experience with individuals, couples, and family-related concerns. She aims to create a nonjudgmental space where clients can make realistic plans, try new behaviors, and find steadier ground during life transitions like midlife shifts or caregiving changes.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and building a trusting working relationship. It relies on careful listening and reflecting, which helps people feel heard and then try new ways of coping. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change them, useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and midlife stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical emotion-regulation and distress tolerance techniques, and can be helpful when strong emotions or impulsivity get in the way of daily goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to figure out which methods match a person's needs, goals, and preferences. That plan can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a schedule. It can also let people use mindfulness or CBT exercises in the context of their everyday routine, making practice more practical and immediate.