About Terence
Dr. Terence "Terry" Rooney is a California licensed psychologist with four decades of clinical work behind him. He holds CA Psychologist 18919 and brings steady experience to people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and other life disruptions.
He uses a straightforward, person-focused style in sessions. He listens first, then helps people set clear goals. Sessions aim to be practical and to build skills people can use between meetings.
Over his career he has worked in public settings and in independent practice, and he draws on a wide set of therapeutic tools.
Background and approach
He favors approaches that encourage active participation, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness techniques, while also using client-centered and existential ideas when they fit. Dr. Rooney often helps people manage relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career strain, and identity questions including LGBT issues.
He also supports people coping with medical challenges, caregiving burdens, and grief after loss. He offers several ways to meet, including video, phone, chat, and text-based messaging. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It starts with listening and reflecting so goals come from the client, and it helps with relationship, self-esteem, and life-direction concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches practical skills for anxiety, depression, and coping with stressful situations so people can try new ways of responding between sessions.
Dr. Rooney treats finding the right approach as a team effort. He will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest methods to try. If something does not fit, he adjusts the plan together with the client.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a simpler check-in. Live chat and messaging offer a flexible way to touch base during busy days or to continue work between longer sessions. These options make scheduling easier for people with work, caregiving, or health constraints.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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