About Cheri
Cheri Sinnott Springer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She supports coping with life changes, grief, addictions, intimacy-related issues, and career or workplace struggles. Her approach is practical and straightforward, aimed at helping people find workable next steps.
Cheri talks through problems with clear, goal-focused techniques. She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to break concerns into manageable parts.
Background and approach
Sessions often include communication strategies and steps to try between meetings. She brings 15 years of clinical experience and classroom teaching to her practice. Cheri teaches Introduction to Counseling and Introduction to Social Work at a community college and wrote the course text for one class.
She also leads a licensure exam preparation class and has served on the board of a professional social work association. Her work is geared toward practical change rather than long lectures. Clients can expect clear explanations, simple exercises, and a focus on everyday problems like sleep, eating, parenting, and workplace stress.
She also addresses concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and compassion fatigue. Cheri values collaboration and helps people identify outside resources when needed. She is fluent in English and sees clients across Illinois.
Her background in teaching and professional leadership informs a calm, organized style in sessions.
Approaches for online change and problem solving
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It is practical and often includes short exercises to try between sessions, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep, and eating concerns.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on small, achievable goals and what is already working. Sessions look at strengths and quick steps forward, which can suit career decisions, coping with life changes, or communication problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then choose or combine methods that fit. This is a collaborative process so clients can ask questions and help shape the plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is easier. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or times when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep consistent progress without travel and to use formats that match each person’s daily routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English