Therapist profile
Cheryl Spence, LPCC
Ohio LPCC - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with CherylAbout
- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma focused work
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Cheryl
Cheryl Spence is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 11 years of counseling experience and a long career in mental health. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, and depression. Sessions are conducted in English and are aimed at adults seeking support for these concerns.
Cheryl uses straightforward therapeutic tools to help people manage symptoms and work through difficult moments. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness and trauma-focused strategies when earlier harm continues to affect daily life.
Her approach is practical and conversational. She listens, asks clarifying questions, and offers exercises to try between sessions. People can expect to talk about recent events and patterns that repeat at home or in relationships. The work often includes learning small skills to reduce anxiety, improve communication, and handle parenting stress more clearly.
Cheryl has additional experience with topics such as abandonment, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, family difficulties, isolation, veteran issues, panic attacks, postpartum depression, pregnancy and childbirth, self-love, social anxiety, and women’s issues. That range informs how she shapes sessions and which tools she offers.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and an initial scheduling step are used to set a first appointment. Costs vary with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How Cheryl works with CBT, EMDR and mindfulness online
Cheryl commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve relationships. CBT is often used for stress, panic, social anxiety, and depression.She also brings trauma-focused methods and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) when past events continue to cause distress. Trauma-focused work looks at how traumatic memories affect daily life and builds skills to manage reactions. EMDR is a structured approach that can help process distressing memories and lower their emotional charge.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Cheryl will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and will suggest which methods to try first. The plan can change over time based on how someone responds.
The original profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm available formats before booking. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow a shorter check-in when needed, and avoid travel time. Many people find online sessions useful for keeping continuity of care while balancing work and family life.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she address?
She helps people with parenting pressure, communication problems, and family-related stress. Concerns listed include postpartum depression and pregnancy and childbirth issues.
How does she approach anxiety and panic?
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change thinking patterns and behaviors that feed anxiety and panic attacks.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of counseling experience and over two decades working in mental health settings.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an Ohio LPCC and practices in Ohio.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Session cost varies with location and is provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.