About
Tera Buerkle is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Kentucky offering Individual, Couples, and Family Therapy in her office located in Louisville, KY and licensed for telehealth in Indiana and all of Kentucky. Tera uses ethical and empirically-informed models such as emotionally-focused therapy or EFT, psychodynamic therapy, somatic therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy or ACT. She approaches therapeutic work with individuals, romantic partners, and families compassionately, using ethics and research as her guide. Tera regularly works with individuals, couples, and families experiencing difficulties related to anxiety, loneliness, sex- & sexuality-related concerns, overthinking, high awareness clients that struggle to enact change, complex trauma, blocks to connection and intimacy, issues from family-of-origin, and those experiencing problems in their significant relationships. Tera values compassion, authenticity, connection, and play, and is affirming of LGBTQ+ identities and pleasure. She strives for both compassion and progress, adjusting her approach to the person or people in front of her. Tera received her master's in family sciences at the COAMFTE-accredited Marriage & Family Therapy program at the University of Kentucky, and has completed continuing education courses covering substance use treatment, trauma, PTSD, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
Insurance & payment
Insurance details are not listed publicly — call the practice to confirm.
Listed fee: $125 per session. Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.
Services & specialties
Individual Therapy
Tera offers individual therapy to help clients develop more awareness and coherency about issues plaguing them, increase their self-trust, and have healing, connective experiences in therapy.
Couples Therapy
Tera provides couples therapy to support clients in exploring their relationships and making adjustments that align more closely with their values and identity.
Family Therapy
Tera offers family therapy, taking into account the various contexts that each of us interacts with to offer a better understanding of behaviors and decisions.
Telehealth Services
Tera is licensed for telehealth in Indiana and all of Kentucky, offering therapy sessions remotely.