Sherry Friedman, LPC, LCMHC
Compassionate guidance for stress and parenting challenges
Book with Sherry- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPC, LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina, South Carolina, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Sherry
Sherry Friedman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She brings twelve years of clinical experience to her work and shares practical insights drawn from both professional practice and personal reflection. Sherry aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through difficult feelings and find clearer direction.
Sherry uses a warm, interactive style and listens closely to each person's story.
Background and approach
She emphasizes self-discovery and helps people identify strengths and boundaries they can use in daily life. Sessions often include mindfulness-based skills and tools adapted to what each person needs. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
She also uses client-centered methods that keep the person's experience and goals at the center of the work. For those managing strong emotions, she integrates practices from dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills and emotional regulation. Sherry works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, anger, self-esteem, mood disorders, ADHD, and career questions.
She also addresses issues like attachment struggles, communication problems, and multicultural concerns. Her practice can include discussions about life purpose and midlife transition when those topics come up. People meet with Sherry via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. She offers therapy in English and does not accept international clients.
What Sherry works with
Everything Sherry lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Sherry helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Sherry lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Sherry’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Sherry blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered care to help people understand relationship patterns and make practical changes. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds influence current reactions and helps people try new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy keeps the person's goals and lived experience at the center of each session and shapes the pace and focus of the work.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving day-to-day functioning. DBT-based techniques include emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness exercises that can be practiced between sessions to reduce reactivity and improve coping.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change over time as concerns shift and new skills are tried.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for people juggling busy schedules or limited mobility. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues and work more directly. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging give flexible, simpler ways to stay connected between meetings and to share notes or reflections in writing.
Questions people ask about Sherry
What kinds of problems does Sherry help with?
Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, coping with life changes, grief, anger, mood disorders, ADHD, and career concerns, among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a warm, interactive, client-centered approach that emphasizes listening, practical skills, and self-discovery. Mindfulness practices and emotional regulation tools are often part of sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has twelve years of clinical experience working with people on a variety of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work together?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
People can meet with her by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits their needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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