Dr. Sherry Aaker, LPC

Dr. Sherry Aaker is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Georgia with ten years of experience. She helps people who are facing hard life moments like depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and struggles with self-esteem. Her work often addresses isolation, life purpose, guilt, and shame in a straightforward and compassionate way.

She brings a calm, faith-informed perspective to sessions while focusing on practical steps people can use day to day. She has supported people through divorce, workplace stress, midlife transitions, and caregiver strain. She also notes a particular commitment to women, veterans, and older adults navigating emotional challenges.

In the room she mixes evidence-based approaches with a focus on what feels useful to each person. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, coping skills, and finding meaning as clients move through change. She listens closely and helps people try small, manageable steps toward their goals.

Dr. Aaker has worked with issues such as abandonment, blended family concerns, communication problems, and substance-related struggles. She also addresses anger, sleeping problems, intimacy-related concerns, and coping after disasters. Her aim is to help people build resilience and regain a sense of control.

If someone wants to begin, the typical first steps involve clarifying current concerns, setting achievable goals, and planning follow-up work. The approach blends practical strategies with space to process emotions and life transitions.

Approach choices for online therapy and how they help

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life. It helps when avoidance, low mood, or worry get in the way of living the way someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical tools to change patterns and reduce symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current connections and can help with intimacy-related concerns and trust issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and practical needs to decide which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change over time based on what helps most.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists can teach coping skills, help process grief or trauma, and set stepwise goals in an online setting, adapting methods like ACT and CBT to each person's situation.