Terry Massey, LCSW, LISW-CP

Terry Massey is a seasoned clinical social worker whose career spans more than two decades of direct practice, supervision, and leadership in behavioral health. He earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1996 and completed a Master of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2002, where he was honored as the first recipient of the School of Social Work Social Justice Award and completed much of his graduate work at the honors level.

Terry trained with the International Association for Applied Control Theory and holds a certification in those counseling techniques, often associated with Reality Therapy. He is licensed to practice in both North Carolina and South Carolina - holding LCSW and LISW-CP credentials - and also holds national certifications that include Clinically Certified Sex Offender Treatment Specialist (CCSOTS). His background includes work in mental health and early childhood settings since 1994 with organizations such as Charter Pines, American Daylight Treatment, Volunteers of America, Thompson Children’s Home, and United Family Services.

In clinical work he provides individual, couple, family, and group therapy for clients ranging from children to adults, and he maintains ongoing professional training to inform his practice. His therapeutic orientation draws from Cognitive Behavioral and Rational Emotive approaches as well as family, systems, experiential, and existential methods. He is recognized as a clinical supervisor certified through the National Association of Social Workers and has supervised LCSW-A and LPC-A practitioners as well as master’s level interns, including during his tenure as Director of Behavioral Health Services at C.W. Williams Community Health Center.

Terry’s areas of focus include relationship and family concerns, anger and stress management, self-esteem and body image, coping with life changes, anxiety and depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and parenting issues, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, LGBT matters, compassion fatigue, and a range of personality and attachment-related difficulties. He approaches therapy as a collaborative partnership that helps clients connect with their strengths and build sustainable change.