About Sherry
Sherry McClanahan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with three years of experience on this platform. She takes a straightforward and compassionate approach. She focuses on identifying strengths and helping people see their potential.
Sessions aim to be collaborative and practical so clients can move toward the changes they want. Sherry uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness techniques to support emotion regulation and stress management.
Background and approach
Solution-focused and narrative ideas are used to set concrete goals and reframe difficult stories. Her practice welcomes LGBTQ people and supports issues often tied to relationships and identity. Common concerns she addresses include anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship difficulties.
She also works with topics such as attachment, abandonment, body image, codependency, jealousy, and gender dysphoria. Sessions may include skill practice, focused problem solving, and gentle tracking of progress between meetings. Sherry aims for clear steps each week so clients can try new ways of coping.
Communication is direct but empathetic, with attention to what fits each person’s life. People choosing to work together start by identifying immediate goals and manageable steps. Over time the focus can shift from symptom relief to broader changes in relationships, self-image, and daily routines.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Sherry commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT works well for anxiety, stress, and mood shifts by breaking problems into small, manageable steps.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices to support managing intense emotions and staying present. DBT skills help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance, while mindfulness exercises teach simple ways to reduce reactivity and increase focus.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, needs, and personal preferences. That plan can change as goals evolve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow more face-to-face interaction for skill coaching. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or comfort with video is limited. Live chat and messaging offer shorter check-ins and the ability to share updates between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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