Cheryl Comfort, LPC
Arkansas · 8 years in practice
Cheryl Comfort is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and struggles with self-esteem.
License and registration
- LPC, Arkansas
- P2209024 · expires May 2028
- NPI
- 1831884501 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Cheryl
Cheryl Comfort is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. She works with concerns like addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, and major life changes. Cheryl uses a calm, direct approach to make hard conversations easier.
She focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day. Sessions often include talking through difficult memories, learning how thoughts affect behavior, and practicing skills to manage strong emotions.
Background and approach
Cheryl blends thoughtful reflection with hands-on strategies so clients leave with tools to try between sessions. Cheryl draws on a range of approaches such as cognitive behavioral work, attachment-based ideas, and existential perspectives. That mix helps her tailor sessions to the person in front of her rather than following a single method.
She aims to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build stronger connections with themselves and others. Her style is compassionate and straightforward. She tends to create space for honest discussion while guiding toward clearer goals and next steps.
Many clients find that learning one or two new skills reduces pressure and makes daily life more manageable. Cheryl earned the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and brings eight years of clinical experience. She practices in Arkansas and offers multiple ways to meet, including video, phone, chat, and messaging.
If someone needs help sorting feelings or making a change, Cheryl focuses on concrete options and steady support.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cheryl lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cheryl names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Cheryl's Approaches Work Online
Existential Therapy invites people to look at meaning, choice, and what matters most in life; it can help when someone feels stuck, overwhelmed by decisions, or uncertain about direction. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and taking action toward values, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with change. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people develop healthier ways of relating to others and themselves.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, struggles, and preferences, then blend methods that seem to fit. Sessions may shift over time as needs change, with practical exercises and reflection used together to test what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different days and needs. Video offers face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports shorter updates and homework between meetings. These options give flexibility for scheduling, shorter check-ins during busy weeks, and multiple ways to keep progress moving forward.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Cheryl help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting concerns, career transitions, ADHD, and other listed challenges.
What is her general style and therapeutic approach?
Cheryl combines existential thinking with practical methods like cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-based ideas. She aims for clear goals and skills people can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working with people facing a wide range of emotional and life difficulties.
What credentials and location information are on record?
She holds the LPC credential, which means Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in Arkansas.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she use for online work?
Cheryl conducts therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cheryl?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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