About Terry

Terry Barnett-Martin, M.S., LMFT

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Terry Barnett-Martin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who has been practicing for more than 20 years. Conveniently located in Irvine, CA, Terry offers clients a comfortable and supportive atmosphere in which they can take the time to sort out and explore what matters most to them, and create the life and relationships they desire.


 

Terry's credentials include:

  • Marriage and Family Therapy License (MFC32213)
  • Masters of Science, Educational Psychology and Clinical Counseling; CSULB
  • Bachelor of Science in Human Services, Counseling; CSUF
  • Licensed Independent Color Code Personality Science Trainer
  • Certified Hypnotherapist
  • Award Winning Author

Terry’s approach is multifaceted and unique to each individual according to his or her needs. She employs a variety of techniques and practices, including:

  • Humanistic
  • Gestalt
  • Positive Psychology
  • Client Centered
  • Solution Focused
  • Cognitive Behavioral
  • Narrative
  • Hypnotherapy and Guided Imagery
  • Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

 

Building good relationship fences changes everything for the better.

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Tending Fences is a collection of timelessly insightful parables that explores relationship boundaries through the chronicles of its main character, Avery Soul.

 

 

Terry's Story

We all have defining moments. Mine was a conk on the head, literally. It happened on the day after my 23rd birthday and forever changed the course of my life.

It was a cool, sunny January day in the mountains of Southern California, where I was taking a hike up a steep and rocky trail with a couple of friends. We were intending on enjoying a quiet lunch with a magnificent view. As we neared the last bit of the hike, I recall looking up towards the boulder that was to serve as our picnic table to gauge how much farther we had to go. That’s when my memory gets fuzzy.

I’ve been told it was a basketball-sized rock that bounced down from above and hit me squarely on the forehead. I never saw it or felt it as it took a piece of my head with it down the mountain. I also didn’t feel my body as it bounced down the mountain like a rag doll. The instant the rock hit, I was mercifully out of my body and on a journey I will never forget.

For a time, I was gone from my body that day, and experienced an extraordinarily holy event that left me knowing, without a doubt, that I have a purpose for being here. I came back with a phrase echoing in my healing head: “There is something very important for me to do here.”

As time passed and my body recovered, I realized with more fervor that my reason for surviving the unexplainable accident was to bring those same words to everyone I met. So I am saying this to you: “You most definitely have something very important to do here.”

You have a unique and invaluable place in this world that is perfectly suited for you. You have your own set of circumstances, strengths, and challenges that affect the ups and downs, and twists and turns of your journey. And I have no doubt that there have been and will continue to be moments when you are exactly in the right place at the right time, with all that is needed to make a difference. You being you, doing what you do best is what the world needs.