About Channing
Channing Herrera is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 12 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, stress, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Channing uses evidence-based techniques to create practical steps clients can use between sessions.
She often focuses on how past attachments shape current patterns. That looks like noticing repeating relationship habits and learning new ways to respond. She also works with panic attacks, phobias, seasonal affective disorder, and social anxiety by teaching concrete coping tools.
Background and approach
Her approach blends compassionate listening with practical skill building. Sessions include identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing grounding and emotion-regulation strategies, and experimenting with small behavior changes. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Channing supports people dealing with caregiver stress, family problems, body image concerns, guilt, shame, and issues around forgiveness and abandonment. She pays attention to women’s concerns and challenges common in young adulthood, helping clients find clearer values and healthier routines. Work with Channing is collaborative.
She helps people name goals, tries different techniques, and adjusts the plan as needed. Clients leave sessions with simple practices to use during the week and clearer ideas about next steps.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Channing uses a mix of evidence-based techniques to address anxiety and related concerns. Cognitive work involves identifying and testing unhelpful thoughts so they have less power over feelings and behavior; this helps with worry, panic, and social fears. Skills-based strategies teach grounding and emotion regulation techniques to reduce distress during high-anxiety moments and panic attacks. Internal exploration helps people notice patterns tied to past attachment experiences and try new ways of relating to themselves and others.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean trying different tools across several sessions and adjusting the plan based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let you work face to face from another location while keeping visual connection. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a shorter break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging allow frequent check-ins, quick coping reminders, and brief progress notes between longer appointments. Together these formats provide flexibility and consistent access to a licensed professional.
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- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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