Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Sheri works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sheri
Sheri Sim is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who uses a warm, direct style to help people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She draws on 25 years of experience to offer clear feedback and steady support for people facing change. Many seek her out when anger, anxiety, depression, or relationship strain make daily life harder.
Sheri focuses on practical steps that people can try between sessions. She listens first, then helps clients notice patterns in behavior and feeling.
Background and approach
Conversations often include simple strategies to reduce reactivity, improve communication, and rebuild trust in relationships. Her background includes inpatient hospital care, partial hospitalization programs, and outpatient work. That variety shaped how she responds to crises and ongoing struggles alike.
It also gave experience with issues such as trauma, addictions, and mood disorders. Sheri also works with parenting challenges, grief, and the stress that comes with big life changes. She uses tools from therapies like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to match what each person needs.
These approaches are woven into sessions rather than taught as separate lessons. Sessions are practical and goal-minded. Sheri helps people set small, achievable steps and checks progress as they go.
The emphasis is on building skills people can use day to day to feel more in control and connected.
What Sheri works with
Everything Sheri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sheri's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Sheri lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical therapies adapted for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take committed action even when feelings are strong. It teaches simple exercises to notice thoughts and choose actions that align with what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete techniques to reframe unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. These skills are useful for anxiety, mood shifts, and handling anger outbursts.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sheri will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that suit their preferences and situation. Over the first few sessions she checks what helps and adjusts the plan so work feels relevant and doable.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make regular contact easier. Video allows face-to-face conversation for practice and role-play. Phone sessions reduce bandwidth needs and can fit a break at work. Text and chat provide shorter check-ins and support between meetings. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
Questions people ask about Sheri
What concerns does Sheri commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, self esteem, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and intimacy issues.
How would you describe Sheri's therapeutic style?
Sheri uses a warm, direct approach that mixes listening with honest feedback. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking about emotions and behavior.
What kind of experience does Sheri bring?
She has 25 years of clinical experience across inpatient hospital care, partial hospitalization, and outpatient programs, which informs her work with crises and ongoing concerns.
Where is Sheri licensed and based?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential listed as LCPC and practices from Illinois.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with Sheri?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.