About Cheri
Cheri Atkinson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with four decades of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Cheri helps people facing chronic medical conditions, caregiver strain, and the emotional fallout from illness and loss.
Cheri keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She creates an open space where clients can name feelings and try new ways to cope. She helps people build emotional skills that fit daily life.
How Cheri works
Sessions aim for useful tools rather than long lectures. Her practice pays attention to how medical issues and disability affect mood and function. She supports people dealing with chronic pain, cancer, HIV/AIDS, and other long-term health concerns.
She also addresses family problems, communication difficulties, control issues, and relationship strain. Cheri brings experience helping clients manage panic attacks, mood disorders, anger, guilt, and shame. She offers guidance around parenting stress, career crossroads, midlife changes, and finding life purpose.
The approach adapts to what each person needs at their own pace. People who work with Cheri can expect compassionate, steady support and practical coping strategies. Her goal is to empower clients to make changes that feel manageable.
Sessions may include talking, skill-building, and planning steps to handle real-life challenges.
What Cheri works with
The areas below are the ones Cheri selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many effective therapies focus on teaching practical skills to manage symptoms. One common method helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice ways to change them, which can reduce anxiety and depression. Another approach centers on building emotional regulation and coping strategies for stress, panic, and anger so daily life feels more manageable.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan based on progress and comfort level.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide convenient ways to reflect between sessions or check in when writing feels easier. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical schedules while keeping care consistent and accessible.
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