About Cherina
Cherina Medina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience. She offers calm, direct support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and ADHD. She speaks English and practices in Colorado.
Cherina uses everyday language and a sense of humor to make hard topics easier to talk about. Sessions are conversational and practical. She shares tools, coping strategies, and clear explanations so clients can try things between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes work across education settings and with people who have disabilities. That experience shapes a straightforward approach to problem solving and advocacy. She pays attention to how life systems - like school, work, or medical care - affect mental health.
Cherina blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she follows what matters most to each person while teaching ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also offers psychoeducation about ADHD and practical coping skills.
Some clients appreciate her use of storytelling, breathing practices, and moments of lightness. She will only bring cultural or spiritual traditions into sessions when a client is open to them. Humor is used carefully as one tool among many.
Sessions are available via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first meeting based on therapist availability.
How client-centered and CBT work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding what matters to a person, and shaping sessions around those priorities. It helps people feel heard and make choices that match their values.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and for learning practical coping tools for ADHD.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide whether a client-centered, CBT, or mixed approach fits their goals and preferences. Goals and methods are adjusted over time based on what is helpful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different formats to see what works best.
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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