Sherry Lyerly-Tarner

Sherry Lyerly-Tarner is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 13 years of experience. She supports adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She also addresses related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, body image, caregiving stress, and substance-related problems.

She uses an integrative approach that blends evidence-based therapeutic techniques with mind-body practices. That can include mindfulness, breathing and grounding exercises, and movement-based tools drawn from her background in yoga. Sessions focus on practical steps clients can use between meetings to manage symptoms and test new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Her work includes support around separation, divorce, blended family issues, and high-conflict endings. She has experience with trauma recovery and with people recovering from abusive or narcissistic relationships. Sherry has led yoga and mindfulness classes in clinical settings and incorporates those skills when clients want somatic or movement-based strategies.

She also brings training related to trauma and ADHD-informed services, and she integrates attention to physical wellness, including nutritional and somatic considerations, when that fits a client’s goals. When group learning is useful, she runs workshops and classes on stress reduction, mindfulness, and yoga.

Sherry frames therapy as a collaborative process. She helps clients identify small, concrete changes to test in daily life, improve communication, and build stronger coping skills for ongoing stress and transitions.

How therapeutic approaches translate to remote sessions

Sherry commonly uses evidence-based trauma-informed techniques and mindfulness-informed somatic practices. Trauma-informed techniques focus on stabilizing symptoms, processing difficult memories at a manageable pace, and building safety around triggers; they are often used for PTSD, abuse recovery, and complex trauma responses. Mindfulness and somatic practices teach simple body-based skills like breath work, grounding, and movement awareness to reduce anxiety and improve emotional regulation during stressful moments.

Choosing the right mix of techniques is part of the work together. She treats that as a collaborative process, checking in about what helps, what feels tolerable, and what clients want to prioritize. Goals, daily routines, and personal preferences guide whether sessions emphasize talk-based processing, skills practice, or movement-informed exercises.

The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm the current session options before booking. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins can be scheduled during breaks, and sessions that focus on skills practice can be done without travel. Discussing preferred pacing and practical needs at the first meeting helps integrate sessions into everyday life while choosing approaches that match each client’s goals.