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Cynthia Sewell

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Cynthia Sewell, LPC

Arkansas

Licensed counselor - anxiety and relationships

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Where Cynthia stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Arkansas / P2009077
NPI
1568937597
Experience
7 years
Languages
English
Location
Arkansas

About

  • Client-Centered Therapy
  • CBT techniques
  • DBT skills

About Cynthia

Cynthia Sewell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arkansas with seven years of clinical experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, and the daily grind. Her work also covers life changes, grief, parenting challenges, and concerns like ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and codependency.

She favors straightforward, practical work in session. Cynthia combines client-centered conversations with cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques. She listens for what is getting in the way of everyday functioning and then offers concrete tools to try between sessions.

Clients often come looking for help with low self-esteem, trouble setting boundaries, controlling responses to anger, or navigating family dynamics. Cynthia describes treatment as addressing the whole person, including physical, mental, social, and spiritual aspects, so the work connects daily habits with emotional symptoms.

Her background includes treating a wide range of concerns across age groups. She has seen people aged 6 to 65 for depression, anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, social skills, and routine life problems. That variety informs a flexible approach rather than a one-size-fits-all method.

In therapy sessions she learns what a client values and what they want to change. Then she blends talking, skill practice, and problem-solving. The aim is to build tools that help people move out of surviving mode and toward days that feel more manageable and purposeful.

How sessions work

How therapeutic approaches guide online sessions

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real-life evidence. It teaches practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood, and patterns that keep someone stuck.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These skills help when emotions are intense or when people struggle with impulsive reactions and relationship difficulties.

Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's goals and experience. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps a person decide which tools to try next based on what matters to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cynthia will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. That collaborative process can change over time as needs shift.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking so you know how she is meeting clients right now. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists can use talk-based problem solving, skill coaching, and guided practice during remote sessions to help apply techniques in everyday life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderADHD

Additional focus areas

Co-morbidityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Isolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Arkansas

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and codependency.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is practical and integrated, mixing client-centered conversation with CBT and DBT techniques to teach skills you can use between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of experience working with people across a range of concerns and age groups.

What credentials and location does she hold?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Arkansas.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.

In what session formats does she meet clients?

Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats she is offering now.

How does cost and payment work?

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

How do I begin working with her?

Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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