Cindy Cothran
Warm, practical therapy for life’s hard moments
LPCC, LPC Tennessee
- Experience
- 18 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Cindy
Cindy Cothran welcomes people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or drained by life’s demands. She aims to make starting therapy easier and creates a calm setting where someone can say what matters most.
Background and approach
Cindy emphasizes respect, warmth, and a straightforward approach that helps people take practical steps forward. Cindy has 18 years of experience as a licensed counselor, holding LPCC and LPC credentials.
She adapts what she does to fit each person's goals and situation rather than using a single rigid method. Her work often addresses anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship strain, stress, and challenges like addiction or ADHD.
Her approach draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, the Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy, dialectical behavior skills, and EMDR techniques when appropriate. That gives her a range of ways to help with emotion regulation, better communication, and processing difficult memories.
Sessions are practical and focused on small steps clients can try between meetings. Cindy also supports people dealing with family-of-origin issues, fertility stress, codependency, polyamory and alternative relationship styles, and concerns around shame or self-worth.
She uses gentle humor and straightforward conversation to build connection and reduce isolation. People meet with her by phone or video, or through live chat and text messaging for shorter check-ins.
She encourages a collaborative plan so therapy matches personal needs and everyday life.
Approaches that translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape feelings and expectations in relationships; online sessions use conversation and exercises to help people recognize patterns and build more supported ways of relating. The Gottman Method centers on communication habits and practical skills to reduce conflict and improve connection; it often involves teaching specific interaction tools and practicing them together in sessions. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s own goals at the center of work, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client's lead and helps clarify priorities.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, try strategies, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaborative attitude makes it easier to refine the plan as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls are useful when less bandwidth is available, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or homework follow-ups. These options offer flexible ways to fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day realities.
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Experience
18+ years
Licensed in
Tennessee, California
Languages
English