Cheryl Moore, LMHC, NCC

Moore Life Counseling & Coaching

A Little More About Cheryl

Ready to Go Deeper? Your Journey to Profound Healing Starts Here.

There comes a point in the healing journey where traditional, weekly talk therapy can feel like it’s only scratching the surface. If you are an adult feeling stuck, overwhelmed by past trauma, or ready to move past merely "managing" your symptoms and instead truly transform your life, you are in the right place.

I am Cheryl Moore, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. My practice is entirely dedicated to adults (18+) who are ready to dive deeper. I specialize in helping individuals break through long-standing emotional blocks, heal deep-seated trauma, and reclaim their wholeness using cutting-edge, evidence-based therapeutic models.

My Approach: Advanced Modalities for Deep Transformation

To facilitate deep, lasting change, I cross-train in multiple specialized trauma and behavioral therapies. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach, we will use the exact tools your nervous system needs:

Reprocessing & Somatic Healing: I utilize EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) to help your brain reprocess past trauma and clear distressful memories.
Parts Work & Relationships: Drawing from Attachment Theory and Internal Family Systems (IFS), I guide you in exploring how early life experiences shape current behaviors, working to heal and integrate fragmented parts of the self.
Resilience & Coping Skills: I incorporate DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) skills to help you build emotional regulation, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness—offered in both individual and group settings.
Faith & Spirituality Integration: For those who desire it, I am deeply committed to integrating faith and spirituality into our work. I create a safe, respectful space to find strength in your faith or to safely grapple with the uncertainties and hurts of lived experiences within faith communities.

Specialized Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

For clients seeking a deeply integrative, accelerated path to relief from depression, anxiety, and complex trauma, I offer private-pay ketamine services in both individual and supportive group settings:

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): Using medicine as a gentle catalyst to quiet the analytical mind, soften defenses, and access deep-rooted emotional insights.
Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™️: A revolutionary approach that pairs the neuroplastic benefits of ketamine with the bilateral processing of EMDR.

Launching This Fall: Therapy Intensives

Recognizing that deep trauma resolution doesn't always fit into a standard 50-minute weekly box, starting this fall, I am exciting to announce that I will be offering Intensive Therapy Formats.

Therapy intensives allow us to condense months of traditional therapy into concentrated, multi-hour or multi-day sessions. This format is ideal for those looking to make rapid, immersive progress without the weekly interruptions of everyday life.

My Journey & Background

My path to becoming a therapist was shaped by a life rich in diverse experiences. Before earning my Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University, I spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom, homeschooling my four children and managing a small homestead in rural southern Iowa.

In my mid-30s, I began working outside the home as a nurse at the VA Hospital, which deeply informed my understanding of trauma and medical vulnerability. From there, I spent over a decade within community mental health, targeted case management, and county social work within Medicaid systems. I have been providing dedicated counseling services since 2021.

Having lived in rural areas for most of my life, I deeply value hard work, family, and faith. Today, I live right here in West Des Moines with my husband and our two little dogs, Tito and Rita. When I am not in the therapy room, you can usually find me exercising, cooking healthy meals, tending to my many houseplants, or soaking up every moment with my grown children and grandchildren.

Focus Areas & Interests:

Adults (18+) seeking deep trauma resolution
Toxic relationship recovery, codependency, & narcissistic abuse
Anxiety, depression, and complex mood disorders
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy & Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™️
Immersive Therapy Intensives (Launching Fall 2026)

If you are ready to stop simply managing your pain and start moving completely through it, let’s connect to build an intensive or integrative path tailored just for you.