About Cheryl
Dr. Cheryl Harrell Brinkley helps people facing anxiety and related concerns like depression, stress, relationship strain, and addictions. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia with 14 years of experience.
Her approach is calm and straightforward, aimed at making the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure. She works with people who have trauma, intimacy issues, anger, low self-esteem, and life transitions. She also supports those dealing with process and sex addictions, obsessions and compulsions, and concerns tied to identity such as gender dysphoria or LGBT stress.
Background and approach
Dr. Brinkley pays attention to each person’s background and the patterns that make daily life harder. In sessions she listens closely and adjusts the conversation to meet individual needs.
She draws on client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in the room. She also uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping and emotion regulation skills. Her style is respectful, direct, and compassionate.
She aims to help people build practical tools they can use between sessions. Dr. Brinkley encourages clients to set clear goals and to track small steps forward.
If someone is new to therapy, she helps make the process clear and manageable. She supports international clients and communicates in English while tailoring plans to each person’s life and needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to the person. The therapist uses this approach to build a plan around each person’s values and goals and to create space for honest conversation about anxiety and related concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks down patterns of thinking and behavior that keep anxiety going. Online sessions can include practical exercises, thought records, and homework to try between visits so progress continues outside the session.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive behaviors. It can help with strong anxiety, anger, or difficulties that come from traumatic experiences and can be practiced in short exercises during text or chat check-ins.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose and adapt methods based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Progress is reviewed and plans are adjusted together so the approach fits the person’s life.
Online therapy offers flexible formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit a quick check-in or a shorter skill review during a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English
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