- Attachment based therapy
- DBT skills
- EMDR methods
About Cindy
Cindy Cothran is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Tennessee with 18 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, stress, and feelings of guilt and shame. Cindy also supports people navigating identity, sexual expression, and non-traditional relationship structures.
Cindy uses clear, straightforward talk in sessions. She leans on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also draws from client-centered ways of working that focus on the person's experience in the room. Practical skills from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and tools from EMDR are part of how she helps people manage intense emotions and memories.
Clients can expect conversations that are direct but not rushed. Cindy pays attention to how relationships, family history, and community background affect daily life. She often combines skills practice with deeper processing of painful events or longstanding shame.
Her work has included a broad range of concerns such as addiction, bipolar mood issues, parenting stress, eating problems, fertility and grief. Cindy also addresses attachment wounds, codependency, control struggles, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation. She lists experience with BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture as part of her focus areas.
Cindy frames therapy as a collaborative effort. She helps people clarify goals and develop concrete steps to manage symptoms, repair relationships, and rebuild self-respect. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; confirm current session options before booking.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they relate to others and how those patterns keep repeating in adult life. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience in the moment. The therapist follows the client's lead and reflects what is happening to help people make sense of their feelings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, which can reduce overwhelming shame or reactive guilt.Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. Cindy will discuss goals, personal history, and preferences and help choose methods that fit those needs. That may mean combining attachment work with DBT skills practice or using EMDR techniques alongside client-centered conversation.
Confirm the exact online session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when time is tight, and remove the need to travel. Licensed professionals can use a mix of conversation, guided skill practice, and focused memory processing in virtual sessions, adapting each meeting to what the person needs that week.
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Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she address?
Cindy works with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship struggles, addictions, eating concerns, parenting stress, and guilt and shame among other concerns.
How does she approach shame and guilt in sessions?
She uses attachment-based perspectives, client-centered conversation, and practical DBT skills to help people sit with hard feelings and build different habits around them.
What is her professional background?
She has 18 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and relational issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices in Tennessee.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.