About Cindy
Cindy Cothran offers a steady, warm presence for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, or questions about identity and sexuality. She writes in plain terms and focuses on listening first. Her aim is to make the first steps easier and to create a space where someone can talk without rush.
Cindy has 18 years of clinical experience and brings a flexible approach to sessions. She adapts methods to fit each person's goals rather than using the same plan for everyone.
How Cindy works
Her work leans on attachment ideas, client-centered listening, and skills-based tools when they help. In practice she mixes talk therapy with skills training and trauma-focused work. Cindy uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
She also offers EMDR for people processing traumatic memories or intense reactions. She pays attention to relationship patterns and communication, including non-traditional relationship structures and kink-aware concerns when they come up. Cindy helps people untangle family-of-origin issues, cope with grief and loss, and rebuild self-esteem after setbacks.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online using video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Cindy works with people in Tennessee and combines practical tools with straightforward conversation to help clients move toward clearer choices and steadier days.
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What Cindy works with
The areas below are the ones Cindy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Approaches for online healing and skills practice
Cindy draws on attachment-based therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when people want to understand why they repeat certain relationship habits or feel triggered by close connection. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT to teach concrete skills for managing strong emotions, reducing conflict, and handling stress in day-to-day life. DBT lessons often focus on mindfulness, distress tolerance, and communication skills that anyone can practice.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cindy treats therapy as a collaboration and will talk through options with each person to decide what fits their goals and preferences. She tailors the mix of listening, skills training, and trauma-focused techniques based on the issues a person brings and the pace they want.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people use visual cues for relationship and attachment work. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, tracking skills practice, or fitting support around busy days.
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