Therapist · Author · Pepperdine Professor
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
Dr. Sherry Helgoe, Psy.D., LMFT, LPCC
For twenty-five years, I’ve worked with people navigating relationships, pressure, grief, burnout, life transitions, and the quiet exhaustion of holding everything together.
Begin a conversationSometimes people arrive here because:
- Relationships have started feeling emotionally repetitive
- They can no longer hear themselves clearly
- They are tired of being the strong one all the time
- They are carrying more than others realize
- Life looks successful, but no longer feels fully inhabited
Whatever sparked your search, you do not have to untangle it alone. Learn more about my background, approach, and twenty-five years of clinical practice.
Meet Dr. SherryWhere to start
Therapy and consulting, shaped around what you’re carrying
Upcoming book · February 2027
What Went Well: The Novel
What Went Well follows seven women inside a short-term therapy group led by psychologist Dr. Hannah Erickson.
Each woman arrives carrying something different beneath the surface: grief, perfectionism, resentment, burnout, loneliness, old wounds, emotional exhaustion, or the growing realization that the life they built no longer fully fits who they’ve become.
Over eight sessions, the group slowly becomes a place where honesty begins replacing performance.
At the center of the story is Hannah herself, a seasoned therapist quietly navigating the tension between helping others heal and remaining connected to her own inner life.
What Went Well is a novel about relationships, emotional truth, and the hidden lives people carry beneath competence and routine.
“An intimate portrait of how group therapy can give truly necessary human connection.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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Therapy is not about becoming someone else. It is about hearing yourself more clearly.
Specializing in therapy for women, men, couples, and groups.
25 years clinical experience | 18 years training therapists at Pepperdine.