Sherry Graves , LCSW, CSW

Sherry Graves is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who centers her work on recovery, healing, and rebuilding self-worth. She draws on 16 years of practice to guide people through trauma, addiction, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. Sherry speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions.

Sherry uses client-centered methods to create a respectful space where each person’s experience matters. She blends cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that get in the way of daily life. Motivational interviewing techniques are used to find and strengthen reasons for change when someone feels stuck.

Her background includes long-term work in mental health and substance abuse in varied settings. That experience informs her approach to concerns like opioid or alcohol problems, codependency, and domestic violence. She also supports people processing sexual assault and other trauma-related wounds.

Sherry pays special attention to issues many women face, including self-love, life purpose, and recovery from relationships that caused harm. She offers straightforward, compassionate guidance aimed at helping people move beyond old patterns and toward more intentional living.

Sessions are practical and goal-oriented. Sherry focuses on small, manageable steps and building skills that people can apply to real situations. Her work is aimed at helping clients notice progress and keep moving forward.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person as an individual. In practice this means the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects feelings, and helps people name goals they care about. It is useful when someone needs empathy and a steady, nonjudgmental presence.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thinking and practicing small behavior changes that improve daily functioning. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety, and patterns that maintain substance use or low self-esteem.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with clients about their needs, goals, and what feels manageable. That conversation helps shape which methods are used and how sessions are structured, so care fits the person rather than a single formula.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people see facial cues and do deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers no video. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and quick reflections between sessions. Together these options increase flexibility and help maintain continuity of care.