Cindy Cothran , LPCC, LPC

Cindy Cothran is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She brings a calm, direct manner and a sense of gentle humor to first meetings. Cindy aims to make beginning therapy less daunting and to build a trusting working relationship from the start.

She uses an attachment-based lens to understand how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Cindy adapts her methods to each person's goals and life situation rather than following a single script.

Over 18 years of practice, Cindy has gathered a range of tools she draws on when they fit a client's needs. These include Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing techniques for processing traumatic memories, and client-centered ways of listening so people feel heard.

Cindy also supports people dealing with relationship concerns, LGBT issues, grief, parenting strains, fertility questions, eating concerns, and addiction-related struggles. She addresses matters like communication problems, codependency, and boundaries in clear, usable ways.

Her work aims to help people build more self-compassion, steadier mood management, and clearer choices about relationships and career. Cindy works with clients in Tennessee and offers sessions designed to fit busy lives, including options beyond traditional in-person meetings.

How Cindy’s Approaches Work Online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional reactions; online sessions can use talk and reflective exercises to notice patterns and try new ways of relating. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on teaching concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication, which translate well to video or text formats with homework and skill practice. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps people process traumatic memories through guided procedures and can be adapted for use in remote sessions with clear step-by-step support.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cindy will discuss options and tailor techniques to a client's goals, needs, and preferences, and she will adjust methods as progress is made. The process is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable for each person.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face interaction and visual cues, phone calls can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when travel or scheduling conflicts arise.