- Client-centered approach
- CBT tools
- 25 years experience
About Cheryl
Cheryl Fraley is a licensed mental health counselor with 25 years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and parenting challenges. She offers a respectful and compassionate approach that focuses on each person's needs. Cheryl aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and clear.
Her style centers on listening carefully and shaping sessions around what matters to the client. She uses plain talk to help people sort through painful experiences like grief, depression, or difficulties with intimacy. Practical techniques are mixed with open conversation so clients can try new ways of coping between sessions.
Cheryl draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the client's perspective central during treatment. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work are part of her toolkit when someone needs help finding direction or short-term goals.
Over her career she has worked with issues such as addictions, anger, caregiver stress, ADHD, and codependency concerns. She also supports people facing adoption and foster care questions, attachment and communication struggles, and blended family dynamics. Cheryl adapts the pace and focus to each person's situation.
Based in Florida, she emphasizes practical steps that fit into everyday life. People who reach out can expect a down-to-earth conversation about goals and a plan they can follow. Cheryl invites those feeling overwhelmed to take a small first step toward change.
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and reflects what is said so the client feels heard and can set the pace and goals. This approach is helpful for people who want support clarifying their feelings and making choices.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses straightforward strategies and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, stress and some relationship difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. That collaborative process means the plan can shift as progress is made or new needs appear.
Confirm the session options offered before booking so you know which formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people use tools from CBT or solution-focused work between meetings to keep momentum going.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Cheryl help with?
Cheryl supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction and codependency concerns among other difficulties.
How does she approach therapy with clients?
She uses a client-centered style paired with cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing and solution-focused work depending on the person's goals and needs.
What is her professional background?
She has 25 years of professional experience working in mental health settings and has focused on a broad range of emotional and family concerns over her career.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are offered for meetings and follow-ups.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies 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.
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