About Cheri
Cheri Hendrickson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and mood disorders. She practices in California and brings eight years of clinical experience to sessions. Cheri uses a compassionate style and focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings.
She works with adults who face life transitions, challenges with self-esteem, or struggles tied to bipolar and other mood conditions. Cheri also supports people who are navigating autism spectrum differences, addiction concerns, intellectual disability, or feelings of isolation and guilt.
Background and approach
Her aim is to help each person feel less stuck and more able to take next steps. Cheri's approach is collaborative. She listens to what matters most, then helps build coping strategies that fit daily life.
Sessions often focus on skills people can try right away to ease anxiety, manage mood swings, and handle change. Over eight years she has helped people clarify goals, reduce overwhelming feelings, and rebuild purpose after setbacks. She emphasizes small, achievable changes and practical problem solving.
Cheri pays attention to strengths and uses them as a foundation for growth. People who choose Cheri can expect straightforward guidance, regular check-ins on progress, and an emphasis on usable tools. She aims to create a steady pace so clients can try new ways of coping without feeling rushed.
How evidence-based techniques fit into online therapy
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on clear skills and steps people can try. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing and grounding exercises, thought-challenging, and brief behavioral experiments to see what helps in daily life. That work is useful for panic, chronic worry, and stress management.Another approach centers on mood regulation and routines to manage depression and bipolar symptoms. It involves building daily structure, tracking mood patterns, and creating small activity goals to reduce low mood and improve energy. That kind of work helps people notice what affects their mood and try targeted changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's goals, preferences, and situation. Together they will review what helps, adjust plans, and pick techniques that feel doable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging works for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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