About Sheri
Sheri Sim is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 25 years of experience. She offers steady, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and ADHD. Sheri aims to create a space where clients feel heard and get honest feedback to move toward clearer goals.
Sheri uses practical talking and skill-building to help people understand their feelings and behavior. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to match tools to a person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on small, manageable steps that fit into everyday life. Her background includes work in inpatient hospital care, partial hospitalization programs, and outpatient settings. That variety shaped her ability to respond calmly in crisis and to help people rebuild routine after difficult experiences.
Sheri also holds a Certificate in Alcohol and Drug Counseling for the state of Illinois. People come to Sheri for help with relationship concerns, parenting stress, communication problems, and struggles with shame or isolation. She listens for patterns and offers practical strategies to break unhelpful cycles.
The goal is clearer choices and steadier functioning in daily life. Sessions may include emotion-focused conversations, teaching behavioral skills, or building acceptance around difficult thoughts. Sheri aims to be direct but compassionate, helping people find clearer direction when life feels uncertain.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It teaches values-based action so someone can move forward even when hard emotions are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers structured techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and attention-related struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses in close relationships and can help people improve communication and connection.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Sheri listens to what you want to change and which methods feel useful. She will suggest techniques from these approaches and adjust them over time based on goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls let you meet face to face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions can fit during a work break or when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for shorter check-ins, practice of skills between sessions, and easier tracking of progress. These options make it simpler to use therapy tools in everyday life while keeping the work practical and goal oriented.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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