About Sheri
Sheri Jacobs is a California licensed marriage and family therapist with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, grief, or changes in their relationships. Sheri aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to find practical steps forward.
She creates a calm space where people can share feelings without judgment. Conversations are straightforward and aim to clear away what feels stuck.
Background and approach
She listens closely and helps people notice patterns that keep problems going. Sheri uses approaches that help clients name thoughts and try different behaviors. She guides people through small experiments and new ways of thinking to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Sessions include goal-setting and tools people can use between meetings. Her background includes many years working with stress, parenting challenges, grief and loss, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing compassion fatigue, first responder issues, and end-of-life caregiving stress.
People who choose her often want a practical, caring therapist who stays focused on what matters to them. Sheri works with each person to set realistic steps and to build more satisfying routines and interactions. She encourages steady progress and celebrates small wins along the way.
Approaches for online work and practical change
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an accepting space where the client's own goals guide the work. That approach helps people feel heard and supported while they sort out emotions and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and uses concrete exercises to shift those patterns; it is often used for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Sheri collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She will check in regularly and adjust techniques if something is not helpful, so the plan stays practical and client-focused.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving options for different days and rhythms. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low, chat is good for quick check-ins, and messaging allows short updates between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy routines while keeping a steady path toward change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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