SKW Team
Cherylyn Tanner RN, Psychotherapist
Cher
Cher graduated with her BScN degree in 2011. Since then she has worked for several community nursing organizations providing home nursing care for clients in the Tri-cities and worked in the circulating and scrub nursing roles in the operating room at London Health Sciences Centre. She now provides support for mental and physical well-being to Ontario residents through her role as an RN, Psychotherapist and is the owner of Sparkle Kingdom Warriors.
Cher is also an author. Her first book, "The Adaptable Warrior: Attainable Victories for Even the Darkest Days" is scheduled to launch Summer of 2025.
Cher's passion is to take what she has learned from her personal and professional experiences and apply it to supporting others on their journeys. She believes that everyone who chooses to and with the correct support, has the potential to unbury their true selves from the rubble of circumstances that have impacted their lives and to sparkle again.
She has lived experience supporting veterans as she supports multiple family members that are veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). She also spends time supporting veterans in an as needed volunteer capacity.
Cher is not just a textbook therapist. She has lived through and healed from traumatic events in her own life. She knows the darkness of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She has first hand knowledge of the challenges of choosing to live when the nightmares, the flashbacks, the panic attacks, the insomnia, the seemingly never ending adrenaline, the physical and emotional pain compounding each other all pile on and block out the light of hope. She knows that choosing to heal is the most courageous war that anyone will ever fight. This personal insight coupled with her professional knowledge and experiences makes her uniquely qualifed to provide support for anyone who is stabilizing, recovering, and healing post trauma.
Cher is committed to being a safe place to be completely raw and honest regardless of the emotion or the thought. She gives space to bring the intensity and darkness into the open and allow it to breathe without judgement.
Cher believes that all emotions are acceptable but not all behaviours are.
Cher believes that when you feel the feels that don’t feel comfortable or safe, you are then also able to feel the feels that feel exquisite and joyful.
Cher is here to support your journey to rise from the ashes victorious. The traumatic events that have tried to take you down and knock you out don’t get to win. At the end of the battle, you are the one holding the defeated helmet in victory. You choose to live and continue to fight because you are supported and worth it.
You are valuable. You are loved. You are worth the effort it takes to heal and the strength it takes to keep choosing to live. You have purpose.