- Warm client-centered care
- Evidence-informed tools
- Goal oriented progress
About Sherri
Sherri Burkert is an Ohio-based licensed professional clinical counselor with 13 years of clinical experience. She began her career working across inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and crisis intervention settings. Sherri aims to create a warm, inviting space where people can bring the concerns that matter most to them.
She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and substance use concerns among other struggles. Sherri also helps people dealing with codependency, caregiver stress, relationship and communication problems, grief, trauma, and postpartum challenges. Her practical approach is meant to meet everyday needs and real-life pressures.
Sherri uses client-centered therapy to shape sessions around each person’s goals. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy tools when helpful. Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are used to support motivation and build coping skills.
In sessions she works collaboratively to set goals and track progress. Expect straightforward conversation, skill-building, and planning for small changes that add up over time. Sherri emphasizes making therapy fit into a client’s life and priorities.
She practices in Ohio and conducts sessions in English. Prospective clients use a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule sessions according to her availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s priorities at the center of each session. The therapist listens, reflects what matters most, and helps shape goals based on the client's own values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, provides strategies for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions run high.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences. Together they choose which tools to try, and they adjust the plan as progress is made. This keeps sessions focused and useful for everyday life.
If you plan to use online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy into busy schedules by reducing travel time and making it easier to schedule appointments around work, childcare, or other responsibilities. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to practice skills between sessions. Licensed professionals will discuss how to structure sessions so they match your routine and goals.
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Experience
13+ years
Credentials
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Sherri works with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, substance-related issues, trauma and related problems like grief, intimacy issues, and parenting strains.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She describes a warm, inviting, client-centered style that focuses on collaboration, goal setting, and tracking progress together.
What is her background in mental health?
She has 13 years of clinical experience and has worked in inpatient, outpatient, partial hospitalization, and crisis intervention settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is an OH LPCC and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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