About Sherile
Sherile Smith is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. She practices in Louisiana as an LMHC and a Licensed Professional Counselor, and she focuses on helping adults sort through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and related life changes. Sherile keeps language simple and direct so people can understand what happens in sessions.
She takes a collaborative approach to care. Sherile listens first, then helps each person set practical goals.
How Sherile works
Sessions focus on real-life changes like communication, coping skills, self-esteem, and managing strong emotions such as anger or grief. Sherile uses a few different approaches depending on the need. Client-Centered work keeps the person’s experience central.
Cognitive Behavioral tools target unhelpful thoughts and habits. Emotionally-Focused ideas are used for deepening emotional awareness. Trauma-focused strategies are available for those processing past harm.
Many common concerns are part of her practice including parenting stress, career shifts, compassion fatigue, bodily concerns like chronic pain, and questions around identity including LGBT matters. She also helps people facing family-of-origin issues, separation and divorce, codependency, and commitment struggles. Sessions are offered in English and Sherile accepts international clients.
She offers flexible formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who want to begin can select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule a first appointment.
Sherile lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Sherile works with
The areas below are the ones Sherile selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
Approaches that adapt to online counseling
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead to build trust and clarify goals; it is useful for people who want a supportive space to talk through emotions and life choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and coping skills. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing past harm in manageable steps and teaches ways to reduce triggers and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Sherile will help figure out which methods match a person’s concerns, goals, and preferences. She adapts tools over time, checking in about what’s helping and what needs changing so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet without travel. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, short coaching, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and keep consistent progress.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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