Sherry Escudero, LMHC

Sherry Escudero is a New York licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of experience supporting people through life transitions, relationship struggles, mood concerns, and trauma. She earned her degree from SUNY Oswego in 2004 and has practiced across community clinics, foster care settings, and with military populations, bringing a broad understanding of how different environments shape mental health.

Her work spans depression, anxiety, parenting and family challenges, career stress, grief, and a range of intimacy and relationship issues. She also supports clients coping with abuse or traumatic experiences, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and difficulties related to isolation, seasonal changes, or life-stage transitions. Across these areas she emphasizes practical coping strategies as well as long-term skill building.

Sherry favors a client-centered stance that places the therapeutic relationship at the core of change. She believes that a strong working alliance - where the client feels heard, respected, and properly matched with their counselor - is an essential part of progress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also used to identify and shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns when appropriate.

Seeking change takes courage, and Sherry approaches each person with support and empowerment, guiding clients as they pursue a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Client-Centered and CBT Care Delivered Online

Sherry Escudero draws primarily on client-centered therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her online practice. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a respectful, empathetic relationship that helps clients explore their goals, values, and personal strengths - an approach that supports issues like self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety, depression, stress, and anger, offering practical tools to manage symptoms and respond differently to difficult situations.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Sherry collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses so clients feel involved in decisions about their care.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging can make it easier to fit regular therapy into a busy life and to maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible. These options provide flexibility in scheduling and format, allowing clients to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists from wherever they are located within the permitted region.