Sherlyn Conlan, LPC

Sherlyn Conlan is an Oklahoma licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Sherlyn aims to make therapy a straightforward place to talk, learn skills, and try new ways of handling hard moments.

She uses approaches that help people notice what matters, change unhelpful thinking, and build workable routines. That can look like gently testing different ways of responding to worry, practicing skills between sessions, and naming patterns that keep problems cycling. Sherlyn also pays close attention to how past hurts affect day-to-day behavior and relationships.

Many clients bring issues such as parenting strain, grief, anger, low self-esteem, or caregiver fatigue. Sherlyn also supports concerns related to adoption and foster care, attachment, autism and Asperger syndrome, obsessive and compulsive behaviors, postpartum mood concerns, and reactions to trauma. She aims to help people find clearer steps forward when life feels overwhelming.

Her style is collaborative and direct. She listens first, then helps set small, achievable goals. Sessions focus on practical changes people can try between meetings to see what helps.

To begin, people typically complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. Sherlyn’s work centers on everyday habits and thoughts, so therapy often includes concrete practice and simple plans to support lasting change.

How these approaches can work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful when everyday habits and avoidance get in the way of what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying thinking patterns that feed anxiety or depression and testing new behaviors to shift those patterns. It often includes small practice exercises between sessions.

Sherlyn treats the choice of approach as a collaborative process. She will listen to your goals and concerns, then suggest methods to try together. Over time the plan can shift based on what proves helpful and what fits a person’s life and preferences.

For practical planning, confirm the therapist’s current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow a steady check-in during life transitions. Some formats use less bandwidth and can be shorter for quick check-ins, while others support deeper work that includes skill practice. Discussing what will realistically fit your routine is part of the first meetings, so sessions work with daily life rather than add extra strain.