About Cheryl
Cheryl Spence is a licensed counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and parenting challenges. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Cheryl draws on 11 years of professional counseling experience and a long history in mental health work.
Her style is calm and direct. She aims to make sessions feel like a thoughtful conversation where feelings and worries can be named without judgment.
Background and approach
Cheryl works with each person to set clear goals and realistic steps for change. She uses approaches that break big problems into manageable pieces. That can mean learning tools to notice and change unhelpful thoughts, practicing grounding skills after upsetting memories, or using mindfulness to steady day-to-day anxiety.
Cheryl adapts techniques to the situation and to what the client prefers. Cheryl has spent many years helping people with trauma, panic, postpartum depression, chronic illness, and caregiving stress. She also supports those facing loneliness, communication breakdowns, and concerns tied to military life.
She listens for what matters most to the person sitting across from her. People who choose Cheryl can expect sessions focused on small, workable changes. She will talk through options, teach coping strategies, and check progress each visit.
Her goal is to help people feel more in control and more able to handle life’s demands.
How Cheryl Uses Evidence-Based Approaches Online
Cheryl often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and learn new ways of responding to stress and anxiety. CBT breaks problems into small parts and teaches skills people can practice between sessions.She also draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma-related symptoms. EMDR involves guided processing of distressing memories to reduce their intensity and the emotional reactions tied to them.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will discuss goals, explain options, and try methods that match a person’s needs and preferences. Adjustments are made over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy with Cheryl is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and EMDR-style work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief updates, homework review, or when writing feels more comfortable. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules.
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What this counselor 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