About Andjie
Andjie Cherichel uses a client-centered approach to help people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, and low self-esteem. She keeps sessions practical and focused on the next clear step. Andjie speaks English and Haitian Creole and brings nine years of clinical work to sessions.
She holds LICSW, MD, and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Maryland. Andjie helps people talk through painful experiences like abuse, abandonment, or the effects of adoption and foster care.
How Andjie works
She also supports those dealing with body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and the strain of divorce or separation. Her style blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with narrative and existential ideas to make sense of what happened and what comes next. Clients work on changing unhelpful thoughts, telling their story in new ways, and finding values that guide daily choices.
Motivational Interviewing is used when someone needs help building momentum for change. Sessions are straightforward. Andjie listens, asks questions, and helps set realistic goals for coping and growth.
She emphasizes communication skills, boundary-setting, and small behavioral steps that add up over time. Practical concerns like aging and caregiver roles are addressed with concrete strategies. First responder issues, fatherhood concerns, and feelings of emptiness are treated with respect and clear planning.
If someone wants steady support through life transitions, she focuses on steady, workable steps toward relief.
Andjie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Andjie works with
The areas below are the ones Andjie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LICSW, MD, LCSW-C |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Haitian Creole |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Maryland |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person in the room, helping people feel heard and guiding them toward their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. Narrative Therapy helps people reframe and retell difficult experiences so those stories have less control over daily life.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which approaches to try. That collaboration means the plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face contact. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to keep up with over time.
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