Cheryl Hann

Cheryl Hann is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with 10 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career uncertainty, depression, and life changes. Cheryl also addresses addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and concerns related to LGBT identity and relationships.

Cheryl approaches therapy in a direct, conversational way. She uses client-centered methods that prioritize the client's perspective. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and reshape unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical behavior skills are used when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.

She has additional interest in abandonment issues, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication and commitment problems, and recovery after separation or divorce. Cheryl has worked with people facing cancer or complex medical stress and with those coping after natural or human-caused disasters.

Her background includes work with active duty military and veteran services. She studied Hispanic and Chicano cultural topics at university level and passed a Spanish proficiency exam; she noted fluency in Spanish in her original biography. She has training related to religious trauma and to life after involvement in high-demand religious groups.

Cheryl frames sessions around what each person brings and adjusts the conversation and plan over time. People can expect practical, readable explanations and concrete strategies to try between sessions. She accepts international clients and conducts work from North Carolina.

How Cheryl’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's concerns and priorities. In practice this means the therapist listens, reflects what matters, and adjusts conversation and goals based on the client's feedback. It helps when someone needs a clear space to talk through career doubts or life direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with small experiments. It is often used for anxiety, low mood, self-esteem, and for practical steps in career decision-making. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right mix of these approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and change tactics based on what is helpful. That collaborative adjustment helps match techniques to a client's needs and preferences.

Confirm the current session options before booking because specific formats were not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time. It can also let someone continue care while living in a different state or country, since she accepts international clients. Licensed professionals will describe the available session types when you start the process.