About Cheryl
Cheryl Sessoms is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and low self-esteem. Cheryl also supports clients facing career challenges and panic attacks.
She aims to make the first step into therapy feel easier and more hopeful. Cheryl’s sessions are grounded in a client-centered approach. She builds a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they really think and feel.
How Cheryl works
That plain attention helps people notice patterns and make small changes that matter. She blends emotionally-focused work with mindfulness tools. That combination helps people better understand strong emotions and develop practical ways to calm and regulate them.
Solution-focused techniques are used to identify concrete steps toward goals like improved confidence or reduced panic. In sessions Cheryl talks through coping strategies for grief, trauma, loneliness, and questions about life purpose. She also works on practical supports for job-related stress and career transitions.
Meetings are collaborative and paced to each person’s readiness. Cheryl offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
If someone is unsure where to begin she guides them through the first steps and the scheduling process.
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What Cheryl works with
The areas below are the ones Cheryl selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Cheryl uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person’s experience and priorities. That means sessions begin by listening closely and following the client’s lead to figure out what matters most. Emotionally-focused work helps people identify core emotions and improve how they respond to strong feelings, which can be useful for trauma, grief, and relationship-related distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and recommend a mix of methods that feels practical and manageable. The plan can shift over time as goals change or progress is made, and decisions are made collaboratively.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simple to fit therapy into a busy day or keep short, focused communication between sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people get consistent support in a way that fits their life.
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A practical next step
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