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Cheryl Comfort

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Cheryl Comfort, LPC

Arkansas

LPC counselor - Anger and emotional struggles

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Key details

  • CredentialsLPC
  • LicenseLPC, Arkansas / P2209024
  • NPI1831884501
  • Experience8 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationArkansas

About

  • Anger management skills
  • CBT and DBT techniques
  • Values-based ACT work

About Cheryl

Cheryl Comfort is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in Arkansas with eight years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and addictions. Cheryl also supports people navigating relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating struggles, parenting challenges, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other life changes.

Her style is practical and person-focused. She listens, helps people name what they are dealing with, and works with them to try different skills and ways of responding. Sessions focus on clearer thinking, improved communication, and learning steps to manage strong feelings like anger.

Cheryl draws from several evidence-informed approaches. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and change unhelpful thought patterns. Dialectical behavior ideas help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people in clarifying values and taking action that matters to them.

Attachment-based and client-centered ideas shape how she guides conversations about close relationships and self-worth. Cheryl often blends these methods, focusing on what the person needs in the moment and what goals they want to work toward.

She works with adults facing a wide range of concerns including abandonment, attachment issues, autism spectrum related matters, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, divorce and separation, blended family dynamics, and disruptive mood conditions. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How sessions work

How Cheryl uses therapeutic approaches online

Cheryl commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence, which can reduce reactive responses like snapping or rumination. ACT helps people get clearer about their values and take committed steps, even when strong emotions are present.

She also uses attachment-informed and client-centered ideas in conversation to help people understand patterns tied to relationships and self-worth. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques and priorities fit their goals and daily life.

Session formats are not listed here, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or let someone join without commuting. Licensed professionals adapt methods like CBT exercises, DBT skills practice, and ACT values work to an online setting so people can practice new responses to anger between meetings.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

Arkansas

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of anger or related issues does she help with?

She works with anger linked to stress, workplace frustration, relationship conflict, resentment, and related problems such as trauma, depression, and ADHD.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Her approach is practical and collaborative. She listens, helps people identify patterns, and introduces skills from several therapies to manage emotions and improve communication.

How much experience does she have working with these concerns?

She has eight years of clinical experience supporting adults with anxiety, trauma, anger, addictions, and other emotional challenges.

Is Cheryl a licensed professional and where is she based?

She holds the LPC credential - Licensed Professional Counselor - and practices in Arkansas.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can I work with her from outside the United States?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions structured and what about formats?

Session formats are not specified here; confirm the current session options before booking to know which formats are offered.

What does therapy cost and how do I get started?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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