Cheryl Coney
Practical, collaborative counseling for life challenges
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Cheryl
Cheryl Coney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns. She entered the field in 2007 and brings steady professionalism and a warm, interactive style to sessions. Cheryl focuses on practical steps clients can take to feel better and regain control of daily life.
She has supported people facing depression, anxiety, addictions, and obsessive-compulsive concerns. She also helps clients dealing with grief, career strain, parenting stress, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her approach is grounded in treating each person with respect and sensitivity. Cheryl trained with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology. She has worked in residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings, giving her experience across different levels of care.
That variety informs how she shapes treatment plans for individual needs. In sessions she uses practical methods drawn from cognitive-behavioral techniques and dialectical skills, alongside client-centered listening. Cheryl encourages clients to define their own goals and helps them take concrete steps toward those goals.
She emphasizes collaboration and keeps a focus on what matters most to the client. Her aim is to help people build confidence, face difficult feelings, and change unhelpful patterns. Cheryl offers supportive guidance while challenging assumptions that get in the way of healthier choices.
She invites clients to explore new perspectives and to work toward solutions that fit their lives.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the client without judgment. The therapist reflects what is said, helps the client set goals, and supports them in finding their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence feelings and uses concrete tools and homework to change patterns that cause distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress when life feels overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cheryl will work together with the client to decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and personal preference. She blends techniques as needed and adapts plans as progress is made so the work stays practical and focused on real-life change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage. Clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit their schedules and comfort levels. These options allow people to get consistent support from licensed professionals without rearranging their whole day, and they make it easier to continue skills work between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- LGBT
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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