Cheri Goodwin , LPC

Cheri Goodwin is a licensed professional counselor with twenty years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, depression, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strain. She offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck and talks through practical steps to regain control. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.

In sessions she uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thinking and take values-based action. Mindfulness techniques are woven into work on anxiety, sleep, and emotional regulation. Motivational Interviewing helps when change feels difficult, and Narrative Therapy helps people reframe painful life stories.

Cheri emphasizes simple, usable skills clients can try between meetings. She often helps people identify small behavior changes that reduce stress and improve sleep. For substance use and other addictive behaviors, she focuses on practical decision-making and building motivation for change.

Her approach balances symptom-focused work with exploration of life meaning and relationships. Sessions move at a pace set by the client, with room for problem solving and for looking at underlying patterns. She draws on two decades of clinical experience in Colorado to guide treatment choices.

People who come to Cheri generally work on realistic goals such as better sleep, less panic, clearer boundaries, or healthier eating habits. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and helps clients track progress in concrete ways.

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many stress-related issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed steps toward them, even when difficult feelings remain. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and problems with motivation. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation; it pairs well with work on sleep and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheri will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and life context. She often combines strategies from these approaches to create a plan that feels practical and doable rather than theoretical.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls work well for focused sessions and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.