About Sherry
Sherry Coleman helps people who are anxious, overwhelmed, or facing major life changes. She welcomes conversations about stress, addiction, relationships, self-esteem, and career questions. Sherry’s tone is straightforward and calm, so parents reading on a phone can quickly grasp what to expect.
She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, or LCPC, with 30 years of professional experience. Sherry focuses on building a trusting space where people can talk without feeling judged.
How Sherry works
She pays attention to practical problems like setting boundaries, coping with loss or change, and managing cravings related to drug and alcohol or process addictions. She also supports people dealing with body image, codependency, hoarding, isolation, or career confusion. Her approach blends methods that help people notice their thoughts and get unstuck.
Sherry uses acceptance-based tools and mindfulness to reduce reactivity. She also draws on cognitive-behavioral and dialectical strategies to teach coping skills and shift unhelpful patterns. Work with Sherry typically emphasizes clear, doable steps.
Sessions often include skill practice, checking progress, and making adjustments to what’s working. The aim is steady improvement in daily life rather than quick fixes. Sherry has long experience addressing multicultural concerns, veteran and armed forces issues, prejudice and discrimination, and women’s issues.
She offers services in English and operates from Illinois. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
Sherry lists 7 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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Sherry uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. ACT focuses on building a meaningful life while accepting difficult feelings rather than trying to eliminate them. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood-related concerns because it teaches concrete coping tools. Mindfulness Therapy is another part of her approach and teaches present-moment awareness to reduce reactivity and ease emotional distress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Sherry works with each person to decide what methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts techniques based on what helps in daily life.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow more in-depth conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send short updates, practice skills between meetings, or communicate when a written format feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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