About Sheryl
Sheryl Burns is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Texas who centers her practice on practical, person-focused care. She uses straightforward conversation to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. She aims to make early steps feel achievable and less overwhelming.
She brings three years of counseling experience alongside more than 20 years in education. That background gives her an understanding of the pressures teachers face and of the challenges students experience.
How Sheryl works
Her work often reflects that familiarity with school-related stress and workplace strains. In sessions she creates a nonjudgmental space where people can say what they think and feel. She listens closely and helps clients clarify goals, identify patterns, and try small changes that can make daily life easier.
Communication skills and coping tools are common focuses. Her approaches include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness, narrative techniques, and motivational interviewing. These methods are used to explore thoughts and behaviors and to build practical skills for handling intense emotions and life changes.
Typical issues she addresses include coping with divorce and separation, feelings of guilt or shame, loneliness, social anxiety, workplace problems, and finding life purpose. She also supports women managing gender-specific concerns and people working on forgiveness or self-love. Sheryl offers sessions in English and practices from Texas.
Her style is collaborative, calm, and focused on helping people take concrete steps toward a more manageable daily life.
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Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building a trusting connection. In practice this means listening without judgment, reflecting what you say, and helping you set personal goals that feel doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to build new habits for anxiety, low mood, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with you about your needs, goals, and preferences, and then suggest which methods to try first. That plan can change as you progress, and decisions are made collaboratively to fit your situation.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video works well for a face-to-face feel, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text are useful for shorter check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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