A smiling woman, Cheri Tilford, with dark hair wearing a green cardigan and jeans standing in front of an open green door with round windows, part of a stone hobbit house building, called the Healing Hollow, with a wooden overhang.

Release emotional and mental blocks, relieve pain and dis-ease.

Deepen your sense of peace, clarity, and joy.

Strengthen your marriage, increase happiness and love.

If you:

  • have ever felt stuck in repeating patterns that keep you from unlocking your full potential

  • have emotional or physical discomfort that you haven’t been able to resolve despite multiple years and/or various kinds of therapies

  • are struggling with addictions or compulsions

  • are wanting a deeper sense of calm

  • are wanting to strengthen your connection with God, trust your intuition, and move forward with clear information and tools to integrate and continue your healing

  • know you want to stay committed in your marriage but are struggling with how to minimize the friction and amplify the connection

maybe I can help.

How I work:

As a naturally intuitive empath, I have refined my innate sensitivity to others through many years of study, mentorship, prayer, and meditation (which is continually ongoing). Using these gifts I am able to attune my entire energetic system to another, feeling into the emotions and pinpointing the places where knots have grown and the natural flow is interrupted. Through entrainment (the synchronization of rhythmic patterns so that they vibrate in harmony) I begin to shift the emotional frequency, using both my own bioenergetic system and at times sound frequencies of tuning forks or sound bowls, allowing a release of what was stuck and helping the body to return to its natural state of vibrant homeostasis.

When working with couples, I use these same skills to help spouses tune into each other more deeply, shifting the narrative experience from adversary to ally. I am also greatly informed by my formal education and experience in traditional couples therapy, and the teachings of the Catholic Church.

What guides my work:

First and most importantly: God.

I am not a healer. God is the only healer. All healing practitioners, be they surgeons, chiropractors, massage therapists, homeopaths, or nurses are helping to shift an imbalance and create an environment that supports the body’s inherent desire and ability to seek health and wholeness. The healing support work I do is unambiguously aligned with God. I see my healing practice as a ministry: Jesus Christ said “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:37-39). The love of God is healing, and I am a humble servant, aspiring to spread God’s love.

Secondly, this is not a technique or a method. This is unique to me. I use my body as a tool, my emotions as energetic instruments, and the Holy Spirit as my guide.

At the bottom of this page you will find links for articles and studies that go into the science that supports what I do, including bioenergetic fields, synchronization, coherence, entrainment, emotional attunement, mirror neurons, the physics of sound therapy, and emotional intelligence from a Catholic perspective. Rather than recapitulate that information here, I trust you will research where you are guided.

“If you are what you should be, you will set the world ablaze.”

— St. Catherine of Siena

Sacred A.R.T. Healing

Attuned Resonance Therapy

for Individuals and Couples

at The Healing Hollow

Entryway of the Healing Hollow with a circular door featuring stained glass panels with colorful designs, a stone floor, yellow walls, a floral arrangement, and a mirror with a sunburst frame.
The treatment room of the Healing Hollow with a beige chaise lounge, a wooden side table with bowls and items on it, a meditation gong, and a framed artwork on a blue wall.

What people are saying:

“Your acuity and your insight is so sharp, you could feel into exactly what was happening.”

“The feeling of being seen was so powerful.”

“You exude the energy of the Mother, this unconditional love from you extended outwards in this very strong present way that is very comforting . . . I’ve never felt judgment from you.”

“I’m not sure if it was the session, but this morning I feel a sense of peace, like I’ve been unburdened. I feel lighter than I have in a really long time.”

“I am amazed at the amount of clarity you gave me today ! I have been told but not instructed how to let go, and you gave it with such true compassion ♥️”

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“You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”

— C.S. Lewis

Please note: I practice as a faith-based counselor, and am exempt from licensure, in accordance with ID Code § 54-3402.

Science and Research

Emotional intelligence and the Catholic Life: https://spiritualdirection.com/2026/04/14/emotional-intelligence-and-the-catholic-life-becoming-wholehearted-disciples

From Dysregulation to Coherence (HeartMath): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12722655/

Synchrony in interpersonal relationships: https://featuredcontent.psychonomic.org/buddies-see-buddies-do-studying-synchrony-in-interpersonal-relationships/

Spontaneous synchronization: https://bigthink.com/13-8/nature-synchronization/

Emotional Attunement and Healing: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/childhood-emotional-neglect/202211/the-opposite-emotional-neglect-emotional-attunement

Emotional Attunement Couples: https://www.gottman.com/blog/self-care-emotional-attunement/

Measuring the frequency of emotions: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~muli/file/emotion_embc09.pdf

Resonance and Healing: https://www.brainzmagazine.com/post/resonance-is-in-you-and-all-around-you-understanding-its-role-in-sound-healing-and-global-peace

Mirror Neurons: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3510904/

Mirror Neurons and Empathy: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/mirror-neurons-critical-development-empathy

Biofields: https://prlabs.com/blog/the-new-biomedicine.html

Biofield Science: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4654779/

Biofield Science and Healing: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4654789/

Flash of Light at the Moment of Conception: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CPWXF-OHt5w

Human Energy Field: https://scientificandmedical.net/the-human-energy-field/

Sound Therapy: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/what-sound-therapy-and-could-it-benefit-your-health

Sound Vibration and Health: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8157227/

Science and History of Sound Therapy: https://cambridgesleepsciences.com/news/the-science-and-history-of-sound-therapy/

Science of Sound Therapy: https://aanmc.org/naturopathic-medicine/science-behind-sound-therapy/

Cymatics: https://www.higherfrequency.living/cymatics