About Cheryl
Cheryl Comfort is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and struggles with self-esteem. She addresses a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, addiction, and phobias. Cheryl speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can take when life feels overwhelming.
She creates a calm, respectful space for people to talk through painful memories and current pressures. Sessions focus on building skills that ease daily functioning - managing strong emotions, improving communication, and coping with change.
Background and approach
Cheryl uses short, clear explanations and hands-on exercises so people leave with tools they can actually use. Her work draws on several evidence-based methods to match the person and the problem. She blends cognitive-behavioral tools to shift unhelpful thoughts with acceptance strategies that focus attention on values and choice.
Attachment ideas help when relationship patterns and trust issues are central. Cheryl has eight years of experience as an LPC and practices in Arkansas. She aims to help each person find goals that feel meaningful and realistic.
Progress is measured in small, practical steps that tie directly to daily life. People who come for therapy can expect collaboration on goals and regular check-ins about what is or isn’t working. Cheryl often assigns brief between-session practices so new habits can start to form in everyday routines.
Therapeutic approaches available online
Cheryl uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. This approach breaks problems into small, manageable steps and is useful for anxiety, depression, and many daily struggles.She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy which helps people clarify what matters to them. ACT teaches skills to accept difficult feelings while taking action toward chosen values, which can be helpful for long-term change and coping with chronic stress.
Finding the right approach is a process. Cheryl works together with each person to decide which methods fit best. She checks in about goals, adjusts techniques based on progress, and keeps the work focused on practical results.
Online therapy with Cheryl is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and comfort levels. Video is useful for face-to-face work and exercises that use visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or use brief problem-solving when time is short. These options aim to make regular care easier to maintain alongside daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas
- Languages
- English
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