- ACT and CBT methods
- Trauma-focused care
- Parenting and grief
About Sherlyn
Sherlyn Conlan is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of experience helping adults carry heavy feelings. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around parenting, ADHD, and family concerns. She also focuses on guilt and shame alongside related struggles like isolation, anger, low self-esteem, and caregiving strain.
Her work emphasizes clear, practical conversation. She listens to what is worrying someone now. Then she uses therapy methods to help people notice patterns, try new responses, and handle difficult memories or reactions. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what a person needs next.
Sherlyn draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to examine thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people sort values from unhelpful rules they carry. Trauma-focused work supports people who are coping with the effects of past abuse or injuries to trust and relationship.
Over 25 years she has worked with a wide range of concerns such as postpartum depression, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, mood disorders, and self-harm. She has additional experience with adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, autism spectrum concerns, and disruptive mood symptoms in young people.
Sherlyn aims to help people find steady ways to manage shame and guilt without judgment. She helps parents and caregivers balance demands, and offers practical strategies for coping with life changes. People who seek her out can expect direct, experience-based guidance.
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then pick small actions that align with what matters most. ACT can be useful for guilt, shame, anxiety, and making steady changes in daily life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and offers concrete experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is often used for panic, obsessive thoughts, low mood, and stress management.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the effects of past events and on practical skills for reducing distressing reactions in the present. This approach supports recovery from abuse and post-traumatic stress symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining elements from ACT, CBT, and trauma-focused work over time.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy life because they reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it easier to schedule around caregiving or work. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and behavioral experiments to remote sessions so the work stays practical and focused.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, ADHD, grief, anger, low self-esteem, and related issues including guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses practical conversation and evidence-based methods to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try different responses, and live according to their values rather than being driven by shame.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working with a broad range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What is her professional credential and where is she based?
She is an Oklahoma Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices in Oklahoma.
Are sessions available in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.