About Sherri
Sherri Burkert is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio with 13 years of clinical experience. She has worked in multiple mental health settings and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood problems, addiction concerns, and relationship struggles. Sherri aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters to them.
She trained in psychology and counseling and has practiced in inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and crisis intervention settings.
Background and approach
That variety informs how she shapes sessions and responds to different needs. Sessions are collaborative, with goals set together and progress checked along the way. Sherri’s style is client-centered and warm.
She listens first, then offers practical techniques to try between meetings. Her work often includes skill-building for emotion regulation, communication, and coping with life transitions. She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas, and mindfulness in a straightforward way.
Motivational Interviewing is used when people are weighing change or facing substance use concerns. The focus is on small, doable steps and measuring what helps. People reach out for help with grief, trauma, parenting challenges, caregiver stress, ADHD, and relationship issues among other concerns.
Sherri supports people through separations, infidelity, and the ripple effects of mood disorders. She works in English and practices in Ohio.
How her approaches fit into online therapy
Sherri commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, and mood problems. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to manage stress, become less reactive, and cope with grief or trauma.She also draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities. DBT-based techniques include short skills practice for handling intense feelings and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for relationship strain and anger management.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about current difficulties, goals, and what has helped before. Together they try methods, review what works, and adjust the plan so it fits the person’s life and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions suit people who need lower bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill prompts, and when a shorter exchange fits a busy day. These options make ongoing work easier to fit into daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English