Cherri McCord, LPC, LPC-MHSP

Cherri McCord is a Licensed Professional Counselor with experience helping people navigate depression, anxiety, and addictions. She introduces a calm, direct approach and aims to make first steps into therapy feel manageable. Cherri notes that beginning therapy takes courage and offers steady support through the process.

Cherri uses client-centered methods to make sessions focused on the person's needs. She listens without judgment and helps people name feelings and priorities. Practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy are used to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Mindfulness practices are used to ground attention and reduce stress. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing change or struggling with addictions.

With 14 years of experience, Cherri has worked with concerns that include stress, relationship problems, parenting strain, career worries, and midlife crisis. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, fertility and divorce related worries, and isolation or life-purpose questions.

Cherri holds LPC and LPC-MHSP credentials and practices in Tennessee. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aiming to help people build coping skills and make steady progress toward their goals.

How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions

Cherri integrates client-centered therapy by focusing sessions on each person's present concerns and goals. That means sessions begin with listening and clarifying what matters most to the client, then shaping sessions around those priorities.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which pairs clear skill-building with real-life practice. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and unhelpful behavior patterns because it teaches concrete ways to change thoughts and actions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cherri will work together with the client to identify which methods fit their needs and goals. That collaborative process includes checking what feels useful and adjusting strategies over time.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into a workday, avoiding travel time, and keeping consistent appointments during busy periods. Because session formats are not listed in this profile, confirm current session options before booking so arrangements match your schedule. Online work can make it easier to practice skills between meetings and maintain steady progress without major disruptions to daily life.