About Sherry
Sherry Bougard is a licensed clinical social worker who brings ten years of practice to her work in Tennessee. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, self-esteem, motivation, and related concerns. She aims to make the first step feel easier for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
Sherry creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through their thoughts and feelings. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps set small, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and grounded in everyday life, not full of jargon. Her approach combines several methods to fit individual needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thinking patterns that increase worry or low mood.
Mindfulness-based work helps people notice their reactions and learn ways to step back from strong emotions. She also draws on motivational interviewing to help clients find their own reasons to change and stay engaged. For people with hard or painful histories, trauma-focused ideas are available to pace work and reduce overwhelm.
Psychodynamic perspectives inform attention to relationship patterns that recur over time. Sherry works with adults on issues such as relationships, grief, career stress, parenting concerns, and identity questions. She also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, and difficult life transitions.
Sessions are available via phone, video, live chat, or text messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Sherry commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. CBT sessions often involve identifying specific thoughts, testing them, and practicing new ways of thinking and behaving that reduce distress.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and increase calm. These exercises can be short and practical, and they work well in brief check-ins or between-session practice. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to help people clarify what they want and build the motivation to move toward goals in manageable steps.
Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will ask about goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful for the person's life and schedule.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be convenient when bandwidth is limited or when a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options give flexibility for working on anxiety, stress, grief, and other concerns without needing to travel to an office.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Texas
- Languages
- English
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