Sherri Brothers, LPC - Therapist in Virginia

About Sherri

Sherri Brothers is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience helping people navigate family and parenting concerns. She welcomes clients from all backgrounds and focuses on practical steps families can take to feel safer and more connected. Her style is straightforward and respectful, aimed at parents and caregivers who want clear guidance.

Sherri has spent much of her career at a local social service agency. There she developed experience supporting people affected by the child welfare system and those who have lived through trauma.

Background and approach

That work gave her a steady focus on real-world problems families face. Sherri trained in marriage and family therapy during her master’s program at the University of Connecticut after earning a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech. Those years shaped how she looks at relationships and family patterns.

In sessions she starts by getting to know the situation and a person’s reasons for seeking help. Then she and the client set clear goals and choose practical steps to try between meetings. She prioritizes using strengths clients already have to make change.

Her areas of focus include relationship concerns, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and issues common in parenting and family life. She also works with adoption and foster care matters, communication problems, and separation and divorce questions. Sherri provides support in English for people located in Virginia.

Approaches that fit family and parenting needs online

Sherri often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people understand how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT focuses on practical tools to change unhelpful patterns and is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress that affect family life.

She also brings mindfulness therapy into sessions to help clients calm racing thoughts and respond more intentionally. Mindfulness practices are short, teachable skills that can reduce reactivity and improve presence during parenting and relationship moments.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that suit their situation, and adjust plans over time. That process helps identify what works best for the individual and family.

Online sessions offer flexibility for busy households. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a live meeting helps. Phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging make it easier to fit therapy into tight schedules and to use brief check-ins between longer appointments. These options aim to make it simpler to get consistent support while managing daily family responsibilities.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Sherri help with?

Sherri supports people facing family and relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, stress and anxiety, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, anger, career and mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also focuses on adoption and foster care, communication problems, divorce and separation, family of origin issues, and young adult issues.

What is her general therapy style?

Her approach is practical and goal-oriented, using techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skills to practice between meetings, and building on existing strengths.

How much experience does she have?

She has worked in counseling for 20 years, much of that time in a local social service agency supporting families and people affected by the child welfare system.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - with license number VA LPC 0701003207 and provides services from Virginia.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not work with international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does payment and getting started work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

LGBT
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 20 years
Licensed: Virginia
Languages: English

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