Sherry Lyerly-Tarner, LCMHC

North Carolina · 13 years in practice

Sherry Lyerly-Tarner is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 13 years of experience.

License and registration

LCMHC, North Carolina: 10579 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1700276789 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 13
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 Sherry

Sherry Lyerly-Tarner is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 13 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling anxious, stressed, overwhelmed by relationship problems, or struggling after trauma. Her style is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at making small changes that add up over time.

Sherry blends traditional counseling with whole-person practices. She uses mindfulness, breathwork, movement, and attention to body signals alongside talk therapy. That combination is meant to help people feel calmer, clearer, and more able to cope with life changes.

Background and approach

She has worked with people experiencing separation and divorce, blended family issues, and high-conflict transitions. Sherry also supports those dealing with substance concerns, codependency, self-esteem and body image struggles, and the long shadow of abusive relationships. Her background includes work in recovery settings and programs that focus on eating disorder recovery.

Sessions generally focus on understanding what keeps a problem going, building practical skills, and trying new ways of relating to thoughts and feelings. Sherry offers exercises people can use between sessions, such as grounding practices and mindful movement, to reinforce growth outside the therapy hour. Sherry’s practice is based in North Carolina.

She combines clinical knowledge with experiential tools to help people move from feeling stuck toward clearer choices and steadier coping.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Sherry lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Personality disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Online support

How therapeutic techniques translate to online care

Sherry often combines mindfulness-based practices with body-oriented work to help people manage stress and anxiety. Mindfulness work involves simple breath and attention exercises to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help during panic or daily overwhelm. Somatic-awareness techniques focus on noticing muscle tension, breath patterns, and bodily signals to reduce dissociation and soothe trauma-related responses.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques in-session, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. Clients are invited to give feedback and choose practices that fit their pace and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people practice grounding and movement with visual guidance, phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or when a shorter check-in is needed, and text or live chat can support quick reflections or between-session encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work even when travel or time constraints arise.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does Sherry address?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, self-esteem concerns, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include body image, addiction concerns, and caregiver stress.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Her approach mixes talk therapy with experiential practices like mindfulness and movement. Sessions focus on practical skills, grounding exercises, and strategies to try between meetings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 13 years of professional experience working in counseling and recovery settings. That background includes work with people facing high-conflict separation and eating disorder recovery programs.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and practices in North Carolina.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for therapy?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is billed through a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.

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