About Sherline
Sherline Herard offers a collaborative, person-centered approach to therapy. She draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Sherline practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor and as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and brings five years of clinical experience to her work.
She focuses on real-life problems people bring into sessions. That can include relationship strain, difficulty with motivation and confidence, or the exhaustion that comes from compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Sherline listens first, then helps clients choose practical steps they can try between sessions. Her sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented. She uses exercises from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help clients identify values and take meaningful action even when emotions feel intense. Sherline values a warm, respectful tone in sessions. She sees the person, not just the problem, and encourages strengths that already exist.
Progress is paced to fit each person’s needs rather than following a preset agenda. She offers services in English and Haitian Creole and practices in Florida. For those wanting concise, practical work on anxiety, mood, or relationship concerns, Sherline blends practical techniques with a supportive, person-centered stance.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them block meaningful action. Online sessions can introduce short exercises and value-based goals to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical experiments to change behavior. That makes it easy to use worksheets, brief behavioral tasks, and structured skill practice during video or text sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try first. Clients can adjust the plan over time based on what feels most useful and manageable.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick reflections, homework support, or when typing out thoughts feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Michigan
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole