Tori Hankey

Maybe something just isn’t working anymore. You may feel stuck in patterns you understand but can’t seem to change, overwhelmed by everything you’re carrying, or know that something needs to change without knowing what that change should look like.

I work with adults navigating relationship and family struggles, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and major life transitions. Sometimes it’s one thing. Sometimes relationships, family, old wounds, loss, and everyday life are all tangled together. You don’t have to have it sorted out before coming to therapy.

I’m comfortable with the parts of life that can be difficult to talk about—including troubled marriages, infidelity and intimacy concerns, addiction, sexual trauma, suicide and suicide loss, spiritual wounds, and complicated family experiences. You can bring the parts of your story you’re not proud of, don’t understand, or aren’t sure what to do with. My job isn’t to judge or tell you what your life should look like. We’ll work together to understand what’s happening and help you decide what you want to do differently.

I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor with a master’s degree in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary. I also have more than 15 years of experience as a professional dog trainer and am pursuing additional training in Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy. When appropriate, a client’s dog can be incorporated into intentional therapeutic work.

I’m warm, curious, conversational, and collaborative. My approach is person-centered and primarily psychodynamic, which means we’ll look beyond what is happening on the surface to identify patterns, understand where they came from, and notice how they may still be affecting your relationships, emotions, and choices today.

But insight is only part of the work. Once we understand what is keeping you stuck, we’ll work toward doing something differently. Depending on what you need, I may incorporate EMDR, parts work, attachment-based approaches, trauma resolution, or practical strategies to help you process what still hurts and develop new ways of responding. Faith can also be included when it’s important to you.

Your first session is a chance for us to understand what brought you to therapy and what feels most important right now. We’ll talk about what’s been happening, what you’ve already tried, and begin looking for patterns or connections that may help us understand why you’re feeling stuck. You don’t have to tell me everything at once or come in knowing exactly what your goals are. We’ll figure out where to begin together and start identifying what you’d like to be different.