- Client-centered care
- Anxiety and stress
- Living with health issues
About Cheryl
Cheryl adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's needs. She has experience with grief, trauma and abuse, addiction issues, and challenges tied to intimacy and relationships. Additional focus areas include body image, eating and sleeping concerns, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue.
She also has experience related to living with health challenges, including cancer and co-morbidity concerns, and helps people cope with major life changes and caregiving demands. Cheryl can address issues linked to alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink without judgment. Her work includes attention to communication problems, control issues, and feelings of emptiness or abandonment.
Cheryl is familiar with military and veteran contexts and has academic grounding in Hispanic and Chicano cultural studies. The biography indicates Spanish language ability at the university testing level, and sessions are offered in English. She says she will tailor treatment to individual goals and values.
Her stated approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy. Cheryl frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at practical steps and greater everyday functioning.
Areas of expertise
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
North Carolina, South Carolina
Languages
English
How therapy approaches guide online support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's pace, aiming to build trust and clarity about what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people test and change unhelpful patterns to feel and function better. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and coping with stress in real time.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting the plan as needs change.
The practical benefits of online therapy often include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy life. Online work can make it simpler to have shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, or keep therapy during moves or caregiving demands. The therapist's biography does not list specific session formats here, so confirm current session options before booking to make sure they match your needs.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns can Cheryl help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career strain, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and relationship and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Cheryl practices client-centered care and uses practical approaches such as CBT and DBT techniques alongside motivational interviewing and narrative therapy.
What experience does she bring?
Cheryl has ten years of professional work in the mental health field and experience supporting people from military and veteran contexts.
Where is Cheryl licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LPC and as an LCMHC and is based in North Carolina.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.