Sherri O'Lonergan

Sherri O'Lonergan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and depression. Sherri aims to make starting therapy feel doable and straightforward for someone taking that first step.

She builds sessions around open conversation and steady support. People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk about what matters most. Sherri encourages practical steps and gentle reflection so clients can try new ways of coping between meetings.

Her background includes long-term work with trauma-focused approaches and body-oriented methods. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that feed stress and low mood. Those tools are often used together to match what each person needs.

Sherri helps clients navigate transitions such as divorce and separation, parenting changes around pregnancy and childbirth, and shifts in life purpose. She also addresses attachment concerns, communication breakdowns, guilt, shame, and questions about sexuality and self-love.

Sessions are driven by the client's goals and paced to fit their life. Sherri aims to make therapy a practical part of recovery and growth. Her style is warm, straightforward, and focused on real-world changes that matter to the client.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust. The therapist follows each person's lead, helping them feel heard and understood while they set their own goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood. It teaches clear techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and practice new behaviors for anxiety, depression, and relationship stress.

EMDR is used to address traumatic memories by working with the way the brain processes distressing events. It can help lessen the emotional intensity tied to past hurts and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as therapy progresses in a collaborative way.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, shorten commute time, or choose a quieter check-in when life is hectic. Licensed professionals can use these methods to support progress much like in-person work, while tailoring exercises and between-session tasks to fit each person's routine.