- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Cheryl
Cheryl Coney is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years in the field. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, and parenting concerns. Cheryl aims to help each person define what success feels like and take practical steps toward it.
She uses a warm, interactive style in sessions. Cheryl brings enthusiasm and respect to conversations so clients feel heard. She avoids stigmatizing labels and centers the client's own goals in planning work together.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings. Cheryl has supported people navigating relationship strain, trauma, obsessive thoughts, attention challenges, and self-harm risk. Her experience spans clinical environments and community care across many kinds of concerns.
Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology. She is a VA Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC and draws on that training in her clinical approach. In sessions she blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical approaches.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also shape how she helps people make changes. Cheryl adapts those methods to each person's needs and pace. People who appreciate direct yet compassionate conversation often find her style useful.
Cheryl focuses on building confidence, testing new ways of acting, and creating small, doable shifts that add up over time.
What Cheryl works with
Everything Cheryl lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cheryl helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
Approaches Cheryl lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Cheryl’s approaches work over online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. A therapist offers empathy and supports each person in naming goals and deciding next steps. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to work through feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thinking and behavior interact. It breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches practical strategies for shifting unhelpful patterns. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for regulating emotions and handling intense moments. It blends acceptance with change strategies and can help with anger, relationship stress, and overwhelming feelings.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your needs, goals, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together you will try approaches, track what works, and adjust the plan so it fits your life and priorities.
Online care offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let you see facial cues and do interactive exercises. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework, or ongoing questions between sessions. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Cheryl
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people address stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship strain, parenting concerns, ADHD, OCD symptoms, self-harm thoughts, and related issues.
What is her overall therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive. She listens closely, offers practical tools, and centers the client's goals in planning.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings with a wide range of concerns.
What credentials and region are associated with this therapist?
She holds a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology and is a Virginia Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.
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