About Cheri
Cheri Sinnott Springer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, and life changes. She uses straightforward techniques to address day-to-day struggles like sleep problems, eating concerns, work stress, and relationship strain. Cheri writes plainly and aims to make therapy practical and usable for busy lives.
Cheri brings 15 years of clinical experience and teaches counseling and social work courses at a local community college.
Background and approach
She wrote the textbook for Introduction to Social Work and leads a licensure exam preparation class for new clinicians. Her background also includes serving as a board member for the National Association of Social Workers. In sessions she leans on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear goals and try manageable steps.
She also works on improving communication skills and helps people find outside resources when needed. Conversations focus on what someone can do next, not only on understanding the past. Cheri describes her approach as practical and collaborative.
She listens, helps identify small experiments, and checks what is working. Many people find this style useful when they need concrete changes rather than long stretches of reflection. She practices in Illinois and offers help for concerns such as caregiver stress, workplace issues, trauma and grief, addictions, and issues related to identity and midlife transitions.
Cheri aims to meet people where they are and to tailor steps to their day-to-day life.
Practical approaches for online care
Cheri uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT focuses on small experiments and concrete strategies for issues like anxiety, depression, sleep, and impulsivity. Solution-Focused Therapy is another approach she uses to set short-term, achievable goals and to build on what already works in a person’s life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cheri will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and daily routines and then suggest methods to try. The plan can change over time based on what helps most, so the process is collaborative and flexible.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or when hands-free interaction is easier. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter check-ins and more flexibility for brief coaching or between-session support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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