Cheryl Coney is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has practiced for about 15 years.
01About Cheryl
Cheryl Coney is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has practiced for about 15 years. She began in 2007 and has since supported people facing depression, anxiety, addictions, obsessive thoughts, and challenges like ADHD. Her approach is warm and interactive, and she focuses on helping people identify practical next steps.
Cheryl aims to help people define what success means to them and take small steps toward those goals. Sessions emphasize clear, practical skills alongside reflection about how beliefs and behaviors affect daily life.
Background and approach
She brings enthusiasm and steady support to each conversation. Her background includes work in residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings, which shaped how she helps people manage crises and ongoing stress. Cheryl uses tools from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical approaches alongside client-centered methods to tailor work to each person’s needs.
She values respect, sensitivity, and compassion and avoids labeling people in ways that feel limiting. Cheryl encourages clients to try new ways of responding to difficult feelings and to notice what helps them live more comfortably. People who prefer a collaborative style that mixes skill-building and personal exploration often find her style a good match.
Cheryl works from Virginia and offers sessions that fit different schedules and preferences.
02Credentials
- LPC (Virginia)
- License 0701010719 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1003410226 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cheryl lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Self-harm
Methods Cheryl names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Cheryl names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
04Online support
How Cheryl's Methods Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment. The therapist concentrates on understanding your priorities and shaping sessions around what matters most to you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening relationships.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will talk with you about your goals and try different techniques to see what helps. Together you decide which tools to keep using and which to adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules. Video is useful for in-depth work and visual connection, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for brief check-ins or skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work when travel or other demands arise.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Cheryl address?
Cheryl helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, OCD symptoms, ADHD, relationship strain, grief, parenting pressure, and career or life-change challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and collaborative. Sessions mix practical skill teaching with chances to reflect on patterns and choices.
What experience does Cheryl bring?
She has about 15 years of experience since 2007 and has worked in residential, inpatient, and outpatient settings.
What are Cheryl's credentials and where is she based?
Cheryl holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and practices in Virginia.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cheryl?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
More counselors in Virginia
See all
Addictions, LGBT, Self esteem and 2 more
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief and 14 more
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Grief and 12 more
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse and 2 more
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.