Sherry Farrell, LMFT

Sherry Farrell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California. She brings ten years of clinical experience and a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions. She aims to build a respectful and warm relationship with each person she meets. Sherry focuses on helping people move from stress and uncertainty toward steadier ground.

Sherry earned a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in counseling psychology from the University of San Francisco. Early in her career she worked in clinics and schools, then spent several years teaching while raising her children. That combination gave her a broad view of how people function at home, in classrooms, and in communities.

She has worked with children who faced conduct challenges, attention difficulties, depression, anxiety, and trauma. She also has experience supporting couples and families through addiction, infidelity, parenting strains, mood disorders, health challenges, and separation. Her individual work has addressed anxiety, depression, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive concerns, and life transitions.

In sessions she uses practical approaches such as Client-Centered Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Existential Therapy. She emphasizes teamwork, meeting people where they are, and building strategies that help in day-to-day life. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and small steps that add up over time.

Sherry is comfortable addressing issues related to coping with life changes, chronic pain, illness and disability, caregiving stress, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting strain. She encourages people to take the first step and begin a process of steady, lasting change.

How Sherry’s approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience first. It involves listening closely, reflecting what matters, and shaping sessions around the client’s priorities. This style helps with relationship worries, self-esteem, grief, and many ongoing stresses.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and works on small, practical changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating disruptions, and patterns that keep stress alive.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those needs. Over the first few meetings, they check what helps and adjust the approach together.

Confirm the session formats available before booking so you know how sessions are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet from locations that work for them. Talk with the therapist about practical needs and scheduling so sessions fit into everyday life.