Sherry Graves

Sherry Graves is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Georgia who combines professional training with lived experience to support people through recovery and healing. She holds a Master of Social Work from Long Island University in New York City, earned in 2006, and is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC11). Her Georgia LCSW license is CSW005117, and she brings 16 years of clinical experience to her practice.

Her work in mental health and substance use treatment has taken place across a variety of settings, including the NYC Department for the Aging Elderly Crime Victims Resource Center, residential substance abuse programs, drug court, the Grady Assertive Community Team (ACT Team), and hospitals. She has partnered with interdisciplinary teams such as the Department of Family and Children Services (DFACS), Mobile Crisis responders, psychiatrists, medical doctors, courts, and law enforcement to meet client needs.

Sherry works with adolescents, young adults, and older adults, and she focuses on addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression. Her areas of specialty also include codependency, domestic violence, sexual assault, substance abuse, women’s issues, and empowerment. She uses approaches such as motivational interviewing, trauma-focused therapy, spirituality counseling, and person-centered therapy to tailor care to each person.

Drawing on her own healing journey and identity as a survivor, Sherry aims to create a warm, safe, and nurturing environment where individuals can explore difficult emotions and move beyond their scars. Her ministry and calling center on helping people recover from brokenness and discover beauty and purpose in their life experiences.