Tori Hankey, LPC

Tori Hankey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with four years of clinical experience. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

She holds a Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Studies from the University of Houston. Before counseling, she spent sixteen years as a professional dog trainer and ran dog care businesses in Houston. That background shapes how she notices behavior and routines.

Tori integrates animal-assisted work into her sessions by including a therapy dog when appropriate. The presence of a dog is used to help clients feel calmer, manage stress, and stay grounded during difficult conversations. This is offered as part of how she works rather than a guarantee of any specific result.

Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. In practice that means talking through what matters to the client, looking at patterns in relationships, and trying practical changes people can use between sessions.

She also supports people dealing with abandonment issues, attachment struggles, codependency, blended family concerns, chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and a broad set of related challenges. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns and build clearer boundaries and coping steps that fit everyday life.

How her approaches guide online work