Sheri Bell-O'Gara, LCSW

Sheri Bell-O'Gara is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with nearly 30 years of experience. She focuses on trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and related concerns including caregiver stress and aging and geriatric issues. Sheri aims to meet each person where they are and to tailor the work to individual needs.

Sheri uses practical, evidence-based approaches like cognitive-behavioral techniques and mindfulness exercises to help people manage symptoms. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and eye movement methods when those approaches fit a person’s goals. Sessions often include clear strategies for sleep, mood, and stress management.

Her background includes work with hospice clients, geriatric clients, and returning combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. That experience informs her focus on end-of-life concerns, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and grief. Sheri describes herself as compassionate and values using humor when it helps people cope.

She prefers a collaborative style and adapts to each person rather than imposing a fixed method. Sheri works with a range of issues from relationship and intimacy concerns to coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. People who want direct skill-building alongside empathic listening often find this approach useful.

Sheri offers sessions by video, chat, texting, and phone. Prospective clients can learn more by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches used in online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people live by their values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce symptoms like depression and insomnia. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a method used to process traumatic memories and reduce the emotional charge tied to those events.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. Sheri works with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the problems they bring to sessions. She adapts the plan over time as needs change and will combine techniques when that helps.

Sheri's practice offers remote sessions by video, chat, texting, and phone as noted in her biography; confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Many people find they can practice skills between sessions and bring specific day-to-day concerns straight into the work. If you want to explore remote care, mention scheduling preferences and any practical needs when you complete the matching questionnaire.