- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Cheryl
Cheryl Fraley is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of experience. She focuses on practical, person-centered support for parents and adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma. Cheryl aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can talk through immediate problems and plan next steps.
She uses a straightforward, collaborative style. Sessions begin with what matters most to the client. Goals are set together and adjusted as life changes.
Background and approach
Cheryl adapts her tone and pace to what each person needs in the moment. Cheryl draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen deeply and build trust. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors.
Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy help people find small, doable steps toward change. Her experience includes supporting people through parenting challenges, family strain, addiction concerns, and caregiving stress. She also works with those facing attachment questions, adoption and foster care issues, and neurodiversity-related topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Cheryl practices in Florida and holds the credential LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based sessions to fit different schedules and needs. If someone is ready to start, she guides them through a brief intake and a collaborative plan.
What Cheryl works with
Everything Cheryl lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Cheryl helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cheryl lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Cheryl's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Cheryl commonly combines Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy during online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy means she focuses on listening closely, reflecting what the client shares, and shaping sessions around the person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves identifying thoughts and behaviors that contribute to stress or anxiety and trying small, practical experiments to change them.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She discusses goals and preferences in the first sessions and adjusts methods as needs evolve. This collaborative process helps tailor strategies to parenting challenges, grief, trauma recovery, and everyday stressors.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simple option when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, step-by-step planning, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep progress moving between sessions.
Questions people ask about Cheryl
What issues does Cheryl commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Cheryl uses a person-centered, collaborative approach. She listens first, then works with clients to set goals and try practical steps that fit their lives.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with adults on a broad range of concerns related to family, parenting, stress, and trauma.
What credentials and location information are on file?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, listed as LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for them.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cheryl?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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