Sherry Friedman

Sherry Friedman is a clinical mental health counselor with twelve years of professional experience who combines Jungian transformational and psychodynamic perspectives with a holistic, multi-dimensional approach. She attends to the full range of influences that shape a person’s well-being - biological, psychological, social, emotional, environmental, cultural, energetic, spiritual, and even cosmological - to address stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship challenges, and career difficulties.

As a Highly Sensitive Person and an HSP psychotherapist, Sherry cultivates an emotionally safe, empathic therapeutic space and builds strong rapport with those she works with. She is an author and identifies as an empath, healer, and Reiki Master, and she emphasizes empowerment, healthy boundaries, and the discovery of personal gifts and strengths through a warm, interactive counseling style.

Her practice includes mindfulness-based techniques such as Listening with HEART - Healing, Energy, Awareness, Resiliency, Transformation - and HeartMath coherence to support regulation and resilience. Sherry views the aims of therapy as self-discovery, transformation, and moving forward toward a more fulfilled, authentic life, acknowledging that deeper work often requires courage and willingness to explore root causes.

She is a National Board Certified Counselor and holds professional licenses to practice clinical counseling in North Carolina and South Carolina. Her academic training includes a master’s degree in school psychology from Ball State University, a master’s in gifted education from Purdue University, and a master’s in clinical counseling from Bellevue University. Sherry offers support to clients ready to take the first step toward change and looks forward to partnering in that process.