Terri Tyson

Terri Tyson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), coach, event speaker, and chaplain who has built a distinguished career centered on mental health, spiritual care, trauma support, and personal transformation. With 18 years of experience as a licensed therapist and more than 24 years serving as a pastor and chaplain, she has dedicated her work to helping individuals navigate grief, loss, trauma, depression, and life transitions. Through Terri Tyson LLC, she provides counseling, coaching, and speaking services focused on helping people overcome emotional barriers and move toward healing, resilience, and renewed purpose.

Terri currently provides critical incident trauma counseling through an Employee Assistance Program and serves part-time as a hospital chaplain in Chicago, offering compassionate emotional and spiritual support to patients, families, staff, and communities during challenging circumstances. Her areas of specialization include grief and loss counseling, trauma recovery, crisis intervention, chaplaincy, mental health counseling, and coaching. She is a Board Certified Chaplain through the Association of Professional Chaplains and a member of the American Mental Health Counselors Association. Terri is also developing an eight-week coaching program designed to support individuals experiencing grief without traditional support systems, including relocated professionals and expatriates.

Terri’s educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University, a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in Theology/Theological Studies from United Theological Seminary, and an M.S.Ed. in Community Counseling from University of Dayton. Prior to her career in counseling and ministry, she enjoyed a successful career in television production, where she earned three Emmy nominations and received a Gracie Allen Award for her documentary work. Terri attributes much of her success to the unwavering support of her husband, whose encouragement helped her complete six years of advanced education and establish her professional practice. Through her counseling, coaching, and speaking, she continues to empower others to find hope, healing, and strength through life’s most difficult seasons.