About Sherry
Sherry Bougard is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, down-to-earth support. She draws on ten years of experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation struggles. Sherry keeps sessions straightforward and compassionate to make beginning therapy less overwhelming.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. Mindfulness practices are offered to build calm and present-moment awareness.
How Sherry works
Trauma-focused methods are used when past events are getting in the way of daily life. Sherry helps people talk through relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, grief, and career worries. She also works with issues such as abandonment, avoidant personality patterns, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and money-related anxiety.
Her approach combines practical problem solving with attention to emotional patterns. Sessions aim to be collaborative. Sherry listens for the client’s goals and then offers tools and skills that fit their situation.
She balances short-term coping strategies with conversations about deeper patterns when that feels helpful. Therapy is offered in English and delivered remotely for people in Tennessee. The focus is on helping each person build safer routines, clearer communication, and more confidence in everyday life.
Sherry lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Sherry works with
The areas below are the ones Sherry selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Sherry commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people manage symptoms and build practical skills. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness therapy offers simple exercises to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to stress.She also brings elements of trauma-focused work when past events are limiting daily functioning. That work gently addresses how memories and patterns affect current life and pairs that insight with concrete coping strategies. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process - the therapist listens to goals and preferences and then shapes the plan together with the client.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and easier to fit into a work break. Chat or text-based messaging is useful for shorter check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and help people keep continuity of care from wherever they are located.
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A practical next step
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