Sheryl Mahon is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, with 18 years of clinical experience. She practices in Arizona and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and challenges like chronic illness and caregiver strain. She also works with people facing trauma, anger, sleep problems, bipolar concerns, and issues around self esteem.
Her background includes substantial work with grief, anticipatory grief, and end-of-life concerns. Mahon draws on several approaches to match what a person needs in the moment, rather than using a single fixed method. This gives her flexibility when someone presents with complex or overlapping issues.
In sessions she emphasizes partnership. She aims to build trust and clear communication so people feel heard and involved in setting goals. The work typically focuses on practical steps and tools that a person can use between sessions to notice change and cope better day to day.
Her approach is straightforward and collaborative. She helps people identify the changes they want, lays out possible strategies, and adjusts the plan based on what works. That makes therapy a shared process rather than something that happens to the client.
People who come to her often want help sorting strong emotions, managing ongoing stress, or navigating major life transitions. She combines talk, skill practice, and problem-solving to support steady progress over time.
Therapeutic approaches you may encounter online
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current needs and reactions. It helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, or feeling safe with others by looking at patterns and building new ways of relating.
Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and understanding a person without judgment. This approach helps people clarify what matters to them, set goals, and feel validated while they work through hard feelings.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and test new ways of coping, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. That collaborative decision can change as progress is made or as new challenges appear.
Please confirm which online session formats are currently offered before booking. Therapists often find that remote sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow for consistent follow-up between appointments, and let people use tools and exercises from their own routines. Ask about session length and scheduling to see how therapy can fit your week.
Trauma and abuseSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorder
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, anger, self esteem, bipolar concerns, and caregiving stress among other issues.
What is the therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and flexible. She works with each person to find approaches that fit their needs and focuses on practical tools and clear communication.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 18 years of clinical experience working with grief, trauma, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LPC and LPCC credentials and practices in Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
