Sherry Bougard, LCSW

Sherry Bougard is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice in Tennessee. She focuses on practical, hands-on support for common struggles like anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, and motivation. She creates a straightforward space for people to talk about what’s going on and to make small, doable changes.

Sherry helps clients facing trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and parenting stress. She also addresses career frustration, anger, and issues tied to chronic illness or caregiving. Her work includes attention to complicated feelings like guilt, shame, abandonment, and isolation.

Her approach combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness and motivational techniques. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused methods to understand patterns and past wounds. In sessions she mixes practical tools with reflection to help clients notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Clients can expect to set clear targets, try new skills between sessions, and check progress regularly. Sherry emphasizes doable steps so therapy fits into everyday life.

Sherry practices in Tennessee and holds LCSW credentials in both Tennessee and Texas. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How this therapist uses evidence-based approaches online

Sherry commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and short-term goals, which often translates well to online sessions when clients want concrete tools for anxiety, depression, or stress.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices can be taught in a few minutes during a video call or reinforced through short exercises between sessions. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to help people clarify values and find internal reasons to change, which can be useful for career decisions, health behavior, or sustaining motivation.

Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences before settling on a plan. That plan can mix approaches and be adjusted as needs change so therapy stays relevant and practical.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video gives visual cues and fuller conversation. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, quick skill practice, and flexible contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches described above to move toward real change.