Cindy Cothran, LPCC, LPC

Tennessee · 18 years in practice

Cindy Cothran is a licensed counselor who tries to make beginning therapy less intimidating.

License and registration

LPC, Tennessee: 2767 · expires February 2027
LPCC, California: 13358 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1639207087 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 18
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Cindy

Cindy Cothran is a licensed counselor who tries to make beginning therapy less intimidating. She speaks in a warm, straightforward way and aims to help people tackle stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life changes. Her style mixes empathy with practical tools so clients can notice real shifts in day-to-day living.

With 18 years of experience, Cindy adapts methods to match each person's goals. She emphasizes attachment-based ideas and draws from client-centered work, dialectical behavior strategies, and EMDR.

Background and approach

Sessions often include mindfulness and skills focused on emotion regulation and communication. Many people come for relationship concerns, issues around identity and sexuality including LGBT and kink-related topics, parenting stress, or struggles with addiction and mood disorders. She also helps with career strain, fertility questions, family of origin patterns, and coping after loss.

Cindy describes her approach as sincere and wholehearted. She aims to build a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through painful memories, improve communication, and practice new ways of coping. Humor and gentleness are part of how she connects.

Therapy with Cindy usually involves tailoring techniques to what works for each person. That can mean practicing mindfulness, learning DBT-style skills, or using EMDR-informed methods for trauma processing. She encourages active collaboration so clients shape the work and the pace.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Cindy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Depression
Addictions
Family conflicts
Grief
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
Guilt and shame
Mood disorders
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Cindy names

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Online support

Approaches that fit your life, offered online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of relating affect current relationships and emotions; it can help people who struggle with trust, closeness, or repeated relationship patterns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and respect, giving people space to find their own solutions while the therapist reflects and supports without judgment. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is used to address distressing memories and the emotions tied to them by combining focused attention with guided processing.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their history, goals, and comfort level and will suggest options rather than insisting on one route. This collaborative planning helps shape a pace and mix of methods that feels manageable and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation easier around work, family, and daily life. Video lets people read facial cues and practice skills together, phone can be a good shorter check-in or for lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility so therapy fits into ordinary schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Cindy address?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and communication problems, addictions, parenting strain, ADHD, and related mood and life-change issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

The style is warm and collaborative, rooted in attachment-based and client-centered principles, with practical tools from DBT, mindfulness, and EMDR-informed techniques.

What is her background and experience?

Cindy has 18 years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns and uses an eclectic mix of approaches to match client goals.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

She holds LPCC and LPC credentials and practices from Tennessee.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Cindy?

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