About Cheryl
Cheryl Spence is an Ohio licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with 11 years of professional counseling experience. She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and depression. Cheryl uses a calm, direct approach to help people start feeling more able to cope.
She aims to create an open space where clients can share thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions are practical and grounded.
Background and approach
Cheryl listens, asks questions to clarify problems, and helps people try new ways of responding to stress and conflict. Her work draws on approaches that include cognitive behavioral methods, trauma-focused techniques, mindfulness, and EMDR. That mix lets her address both current worries and the effects of past difficult experiences.
Cheryl explains what each step is for and coaches simple skills to use between sessions. People who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, parenting strain, relationship tension, or the aftereffects of trauma often come for short-term help and tools they can use right away. She also supports those facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, panic attacks, postpartum depression, and social anxiety.
Cheryl practices in Ohio and conducts sessions in English. She invites anyone ready to take the first step to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a time to begin.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Cheryl uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, and everyday stress because it focuses on simple, testable changes. EMDR is used to process disturbing memories and the reactions they trigger; it can help reduce the emotional charge tied to past events and trauma.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will talk with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggest steps to try. Together they track progress and adjust methods if something isn't helping.
Online sessions use video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for a full session when seeing facial cues matters. Phone can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, skill practice, or shorter conversations that fit into a busy day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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