Sherry Graves, LCSW, CSW

Sherry Graves is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people move beyond the wounds of addiction and trauma. She brings a direct, compassionate style to sessions and aims to create a warm and supportive space for honest conversation. Sherry speaks plainly and works with clients toward clearer goals and stronger coping skills.

Sherry earned a master’s degree from Long Island University in New York City and holds LCSW and CSW credentials. She has 16 years of clinical experience in Georgia, and a longer history in mental health and substance use settings. That background includes work in residential substance abuse programs, drug court, hospitals, and mobile crisis teams.

In session she uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and shape treatment around each person’s priorities. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone is working through ambivalence about change.

Her focus areas include addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, and depression. Additional concerns she addresses are codependency, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, infidelity, life purpose, paranoia, self-harm, self-love, sexual assault and abuse, and women's issues.

Sherry describes her work as a ministry and a calling to help people recover from brokenness and find purpose in their scars. Parents and caregivers reading on a phone can expect clear language, practical steps, and steady support when they contact her about care.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and making room for what matters most to the client, so online sessions emphasize open conversation and the therapist following the client's lead. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors; online work can include simple homework, skill practice, and tracking between meetings to build different habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort. That choice can change over time as progress is made or priorities shift.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, and use tools like worksheets or short between-session tasks to keep momentum. Licensed professionals can use the approaches above in virtual sessions to focus on recovery, trauma processing, and practical skill building without promising a particular outcome.