Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
How Sherry works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sherry
Sherry Burton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with seven years since licensure and a long history in related client work. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, and relationship or family concerns. Her direct manner aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure.
Before becoming an LPC, she spent seven years as a social worker with the Ohio Youth Commission and 29 years as a juvenile probation officer.
Background and approach
In those roles she provided individual counseling, family-focused support, and supervision. That background informs how she talks through practical problems and life changes today. Sessions are tailored to each person.
Sherry listens for what matters most and then suggests small, doable steps people can try between meetings. She works to be respectful, sensitive, and compassionate while keeping the conversation focused and plainspoken. She helps people who are coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, self-esteem concerns, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other life adjustments.
Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment concerns, caregiver stress, codependency, divorce and separation, and forgiveness and guilt work. Sherry offers a practical approach that combines problem-solving with steady support. She encourages clients to set realistic goals and practices skills in day-to-day life.
The emphasis is on improving how people manage emotions and handle difficult situations.
What Sherry works with
Everything Sherry lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sherry's practice.
- 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
Approaches that translate well to online care
Sherry uses straightforward, evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical change. One common approach emphasizes learning emotion regulation and coping skills to reduce intense reactions like anger and anxiety; this involves practicing breathing, grounding, and step-by-step strategies to interrupt unhelpful patterns. Another useful method targets problem-solving and behavioral changes by breaking big issues into smaller tasks and rehearsing new ways of responding in everyday situations; this helps with sleep, eating, work stress, and relationship tensions.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try techniques that fit those aims, and adjust the plan when something isn’t working. Clients and the therapist check progress together and shift focus as needed to find what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video works well for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, and steady support between longer sessions.
Questions people ask about Sherry
What concerns does Sherry help address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, anger, relationship and family concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sherry keeps sessions practical and plainspoken. She listens closely, helps set small goals, and suggests skills people can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She spent seven years as a social worker with the Ohio Youth Commission and 29 years as a juvenile probation officer before becoming a licensed counselor, bringing long experience in one-on-one and family-focused work.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices in Texas.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sherry?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.