About Tori
Tori Hankey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas. She combines practical, down-to-earth care with clear goals to help people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. Her background includes a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Studies from the University of Houston.
Tori also brings an unusual prior career to therapy: sixteen years as a professional dog trainer and small-business owner.
How Tori works
In sessions she draws on several approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). She also integrates Animal Assisted Therapy techniques when appropriate, using a therapy dog to help clients feel calmer and more grounded. The goal is straightforward: reduce distress and build coping skills people can use day to day.
Tori has four years of counseling experience and works with a wide range of concerns. These include trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, bipolar mood issues, intimacy-related challenges, parenting strain, and career stress. She also offers support for those facing chronic illness, caregiver burden, or complicated grief.
Her approach is collaborative. She helps people set clear goals, try practical tools, and notice what changes. Spiritual concerns and faith are welcome topics, and she can include those in sessions when clients want to address them.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided from her Texas practice. International clients are not currently accepted, so confirm location and session options before booking.
Tori lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Tori works with
The areas below are the ones Tori selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes by teaching simple exercises to stay present and act on what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and then uses practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns; this approach often helps with depression, anxiety, and coping skills. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current connection patterns and can help people improve communication and emotional safety in close relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try different tools, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Clients can expect a mix of talking, real-world practice, and skills training chosen together during sessions.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, shorten commute time, and allow check-ins during a lunch break or between errands. Different approaches lend themselves to different focuses - some sessions center on skill practice, others on processing emotions - and this therapist will help match the method to practical needs and scheduling preferences.
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