Committed to the integration of complimentary healing modalities with modern medical practices Terry participated in three different year long training programs in complementary medicine and health counseling with leaders and visionaries in their fields: In 1995 she participated in a yearlong training program with Drs. Jeanne Acterberg (Ph.D) and Frank Lawlis (Ph.D.) -----“Wellness Counseling and Body/Mind Consciousness”—followed by a second year of study in 2000 with Dr. Achterberg and Dr. Martin Rossman at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City (“Consciousness and Imagery in the Arts of Healing”). She became certified in Interactive Imagery through the Academy for Guided Imagery, the American Holistic Nurses Association and Beyond Ordinary Nursing upon completion of an additional year of study at Dartmouth Medical Center in New Hampshire.Terry currently works as an RN for a home health care agency in Bethlehem, PA.

Terry offers life, health and wellness coaching to individuals seeking to reclaim a meaningful life through joyful living. Embracing the knowledge and wisdom of ancient as well as modern theories of self -care and healing, blending allopathic heath principles with the wisdom of ancient traditions Terry offers life, health and wellness coaching to adults who in transition or are facing difficult and challenging situations. Terry received certification as a Health Counselor in Integrative Nutrition by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (NYC) and as a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners in 2006. After completing a year-long certification program at Maryland University of Integrative Health (MUIH) Terry became certified as a health and wellness coach in December of 2014 and completed a Master of Arts in Health and Wellness Coaching at Maryland University of Integrative Health in 2015. She continued her studies as a Doctoral student at Grand Canyon University pursuing a PhD in Performance Psychology with a focus on PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI), Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) and resilience. Terry's goal is help transform individual lives by helping people acknowledge the validity and wisdom of a “healer within” thereby fostering a re-birth of self-reliance, self-care and improved health outcomes.

Terry moved to the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania in 1983 after spending six months walking along the Appalachian Trail (Georgia to Maine) with her husband.

Working for The Trust for Public Lands (TPL), an environmental not for profit organization dedicated to the preservation and conservation of open space exposed Terry to the art of negotiation and the power of compromise. While working for the Director of TPL’s Public Lands division she was offered a position as first Administrator of the newly formed New York City Neighborhood Open Space Coalition (NOSC), which began as a project of TPL’s NYC Urban Lands Project. As the organization’s first employee Terry worked closely with the Executive Director and Board in helping to lay the groundwork and organizational structure to ensure the fledging organization would grow to become a powerful force for preservation of community gardens, tot lots and open green space in New York City.