SwagHer Spotlight: Cheron Crouch
By: Francheska “Fancy” Felder
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heron Crouch is the founder of Magnifying Expectations LLC, a behavioral health firm, where she combines her lived experiences and clinical expertise to mount winning therapeutic strategies for clients. Armed with over 15 years of clinical practice as a Licensed Professional Counselor and Master Addiction Counselor, Cheron honed her skills by providing therapy to children, adolescents, and adults at diverse stages of mental functioning. Cheron has branded her unique form of therapy in her signature workshop entitled “Unfriending Your Inner Critic.” Using trauma-informed approaches, Cheron tenderly defines and addresses “the innercritic” as an inner voice living rent-free in one’s head, constantly judging, criticizing, and demeaning us at key moments in our lives. Cheron is passionate about locating and evicting the inner critic occupying space in the minds of her clients because this voice is often the driver of depression, anxiety, anger, and suicidal ideology.
embraces personal growth and achievement. According to Cheron, “Addressing my own inner critic helps me empathize with my clients and their support systems in ways that I believe makes me a better therapist.”
Cheron knows firsthand the roots and results of coping with an inner critic, as she courageously faces life after having overcome a childhood marked by key factors commonly associated with negative outcomes for youth at greater risk. Transparently, Cheron continues to struggle with honoring a single mom who did the best she could, while she (Cheron)
I like to describe myself as compassionately honest. I am compassionately honest with myself, friends, and people who find themselves seeking my clinical services. The keyword is compassion. Anyone can blurt out an honest opinion, but it takes care and concern to respond to others honestly and with love, care, and concern.
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Fancy: How would you describe your swagher? What makes Cheron, Cheron? Cheron: I am a country girl from Columbus, Georgia. I moved to Atlanta after graduate school in 2004, seeking better employment opportunities. I am silly. I can be an introvert at times and then there are situations where I can be extremely social. That sounds like an oxymoron, right?! I can’t swim, but I love the beach and water. I am a fan of trap music and gospel music, and they are intertwined in my playlist. I am a mom (my most rewarding job!), sister, friend, lover, and daughter.
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