About Cherington
Cherington Lackland is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and offers steady support for relationship strain, family conflict, grief, and anger. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at practical steps that fit everyday life.
Cherington centers sessions on each person's unique situation and cultural background. She listens for values, routines, and spiritual perspectives that matter to the individual.
Background and approach
Together, she and the person identify small, manageable goals and clear strategies to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Therapy sessions often include skills practice, problem-solving, and chances to reflect on patterns that keep problems stuck. Cherington uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide those steps, adapting methods to suit how someone prefers to learn and cope.
She emphasizes building resilience and routines that support longer-term emotional balance. Her approach is collaborative: she checks in about what is working and changes course when needed. People can expect straightforward feedback, gentle challenges, and tools to use between sessions.
Progress is measured by what improves in daily life, not only by talk in the office. Cherington provides services remotely and by phone and supports clients in shaping a plan that fits their schedules. She brings a respectful, nonjudgmental stance and focuses on skills people can practice right away to feel more in control.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many of Cherington's methods come from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on learning skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One approach emphasizes skills training to manage strong emotions and reduce reactivity; it teaches concrete steps for calming down and responding differently in tense moments. Another approach centers on problem-solving and behavioral change to reduce anxiety and stress by breaking worries into manageable tasks and building routines that support wellbeing.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their learning style, and adjust plans based on what helps. That way, the work matches the person's needs and preferences rather than following a fixed script.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow sessions to fit around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can provide quick check-ins or short skills practice, and text exchanges make it easier to reflect in writing. These formats give flexibility while keeping focus on practical tools and steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Grief
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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