About Sheri
Sheri Bell-O'Gara is a licensed clinical social worker with nearly 29 years of practice in Indiana. She offers calm, direct support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and sleep problems. Sheri listens first and adapts her approach to each person.
She uses clear language and a down-to-earth style that many find easy to follow. Sheri draws on evidence-based approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, and mindfulness to help people manage difficult symptoms.
Background and approach
She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma-related memories when appropriate. Sessions focus on practical skills, coping strategies, and small steps that can change day-to-day life. Her background includes long-term clinical work with hospice clients, older adults, and returning combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
That experience shapes how she addresses grief, end-of-life concerns, caregiver stress, and complex trauma. Sheri is comfortable talking about painful histories while also looking for moments of relief and resilience. People who come to her often want help with relationships, intimacy-related worries, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem, or life transitions.
She also supports those facing chronic illness, isolation, compassion fatigue, and first responder issues. Sheri uses humor and warmth where it fits to lighten heavy moments. Sheri offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging and works collaboratively to find the right path forward.
Her practice is practical, steady, and focused on what helps most in daily life.
Approaches and how online therapy helps
She uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going; this is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep trouble, and managing mood. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is another tool she uses to help people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and to clarify what matters most in life. She also offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for people with trauma-related memories that continue to cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheri collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She starts with what a person brings to sessions and adjusts over time, so treatment feels tailored and practical rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy lets people connect in ways that fit their life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or support between sessions. These formats make it simpler to schedule care around work, caregiving, or mobility limits while keeping the focus on clear, step-by-step progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English