About Sherry
Sherry Coleman offers calm, steady support for people facing addiction, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She uses a straightforward style and a caring presence to help people find clearer direction and practical steps forward. She has 30 years of experience and holds an IL LCPC.
That background means she has spent decades helping people untangle patterns that get in the way of daily life. Sessions focus on what matters now and what can change next.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on listening without judgment and asking clear questions that help people notice choices. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy techniques are used to build tolerance for difficult feelings and to identify values that motivate change.
For someone dealing with substance use or process addictions, sessions aim to increase motivation, build coping skills, and repair relationships where possible. When stress, career uncertainty, prejudice, or loneliness are the problems, the work focuses on small, practical steps and steady emotional support. Sherry pays attention to cultural and veteran-related concerns and can address issues like body image, codependency, and compassion fatigue.
She encourages realistic goals and a pace that feels manageable so progress fits into everyday life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and learn to act in line with those values despite difficult feelings. It is often used for anxiety, depression, addiction, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill building, which can help with stress, low mood, and addictive patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness, supporting emotion regulation and stress management.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they try techniques and adjust the plan over time so the work fits the person’s life and needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t wanted, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a workday, handle shorter follow-ups, or choose a format that feels most comfortable while still working on the same therapeutic goals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English