Sherry Burton is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, addictions, and trauma.
01About Sherry
Sherry Burton is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, depression, addictions, and trauma. She draws on seven years as an LPC and decades of earlier work in related roles to guide practical steps forward. Sherry talks in plain terms and focuses on clear, doable goals people can use between sessions.
Sherry spent many years working in youth services and juvenile probation before becoming a licensed counselor in Texas.
Background and approach
That background shaped a hands-on approach to problem solving and real-life coping skills. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation. In sessions she listens first, then collaborates on a plan tailored to the person in front of her.
Plans often include short-term goals, strategies to reduce anxiety and stress, and ways to improve communication and boundaries. She also helps people facing eating and sleeping disruptions, parenting stress, and career transitions. Sherry supports work on attachment, abandonment, body image, codependency, and forgiveness.
She helps people dealing with caregiver strain, aging concerns, cancer-related stress, and major life changes. Her approach mixes practical coaching and therapeutic conversation to build momentum. People can expect straightforward talk, clear steps, and a focus on small wins.
Sherry aims to make progress feel manageable while honoring each person’s pace and values.
02Credentials
- LPC (Texas)
- License 71676 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1063863538 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sherry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Sherry uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach focuses on building coping skills and stress reduction strategies to help manage anxiety and mood symptoms; it breaks problems into small steps and teaches actions people can practice between sessions. Another approach emphasizes communication and relationship skills to address conflict, boundaries, and intimacy concerns; it teaches ways to express needs clearly and repair interactions.Finding the right method is part of the work together. Sherry will listen to your goals and preferences, then suggest approaches and adjust them as you try them out. The treatment plan is a collaboration that can shift as your needs change.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or ongoing text-based messaging. Video lets you use face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and setting allow. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or fit a break at work, while chat and messaging let you send notes or updates between meetings. These formats make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into a busy life.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Sherry help with?
Sherry supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship and family issues, and related concerns such as eating, sleeping, parenting, anger, self-esteem, and career changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, collaborative style that starts with listening and then creates clear, doable goals. Conversations emphasize coping skills, communication, and short-term plans people can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Sherry has seven years of experience as a licensed professional counselor plus many earlier years in youth services and juvenile probation that shaped her clinical approach.
Where is Sherry licensed and based?
She holds a Texas Licensed Professional Counselor credential, and her practice is based in Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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