About Cheryl
Cheryl Barajas is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on stress and anxiety. She speaks plainly and meets people where they are. Cheryl aims to create a respectful, compassionate space for someone taking a first step toward change.
Cheryl helps people cope with anxiety, stress, and depression. She also supports those facing addictions, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. Conversations are shaped around the person in front of her rather than a one-size plan.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on practical, evidence-based techniques tailored to each person’s needs. Sessions include goal-setting, skill-building, and checking what works week to week. The plan is adjusted as progress is made or new challenges appear.
Cheryl has seven years of experience as a licensed counselor in Texas and draws on that background when helping with complex concerns. She pays attention to how past relationships and family dynamics affect today's patterns, including attachment and abandonment issues. People often come for help with communication problems, codependency, or struggles after separation and divorce.
Cheryl also supports clients dealing with chronic illness, pain, and co-occurring concerns like substance use. She invites steady, practical steps toward better day-to-day functioning and clearer decision making.
How evidence-based methods fit into online therapy
Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and measurable change. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills and anxiety management tools to reduce daily stress and improve functioning. Another approach looks at how past attachment and family patterns shape current behavior and relationships, helping people understand recurring triggers and make different choices.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful. Clients and therapist work together to decide whether skill-focused work or exploring deeper relational patterns should lead sessions.
Online therapy lets people connect in multiple ways that suit their routines. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing check-ins, skill prompts, and flexible communication between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit care into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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