Sherry Fancher
Founder, Licensed Professional Counselor
PATH TO BECOMING A COUNSELOR
Sherry’s journey to becoming a counselor began when she was a college student at Baylor University working as a resident assistant. During her time there, several students confided in her and shared some very personal and traumatic events that were happening in their lives that brought Sherry to grasp for answers, searching for the right resources for help. As she started to see her friends take the plunge to reach out for help, stay consistent with therapy, and somehow find the courage within to begin their healing journey, Sherry’s life also changed forever. It was in this place of hope that she saw a miracle in the midst of pain. This changed the course of her schoolwork and confirmed a calling in her life that would eventually lead to Burleson Counseling.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND BACKGROUND
Sherry received her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and continued her training to becoming a fully licensed therapist at a non-profit called The Women’s Center of Tarrant County. She provided services for women, men, and children who were struggling with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, PTSD, substance abuse, eating disorders, and relationship problems as a result of previous or current trauma, sexual abuse and assault, domestic abuse, or as a victim of violent crime. She also served as a first responder to provide support and crisis intervention at area hospitals to survivors of sexual assault and answered a 24-hour rape crisis hotline. Sherry is passionate about raising awareness within her community and spent some time teaching children in entire public school districts on how to recognize, resist, and respond to abuse.
Sherry also has various experience working in group private practice and church counseling centers providing individual, couples, and family therapy. Her clients struggled with anything from every day mental health concerns such as codependency, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, ADHD, and OCD to traumatic experiences such as intergenerational trauma, financial fraud, and spiritual abuse. Her work experience coupled with her passion to see healing in the lives of the people she comes in contact with, enables her to be a well-rounded and compassionate counselor. She is deeply driven by her commitment to identifying and addressing fundamental needs within individuals. Sherry truly believes that change is possible when the client and therapist build a trusting and safe relationship and work towards the collaborative goals set together. She is honored to walked alongside people as they become vulnerable and process some of the most difficult, but necessary parts of life.
For fun, Sherry enjoys event planning, working on art/craft projects, eclectic coffee shops, attending a local work out class, and going on spontaneous adventures with her husband and three boys.