About Cheri
Cheri Mills uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and depression. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - in Utah and brings eight years of professional experience to sessions. Cheri emphasizes the client's strengths and works alongside them to set practical goals.
Sessions focus on clear, doable steps. Cheri draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns.
How Cheri works
She also uses mindfulness practices to build calm and DBT tools to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. For trauma-related concerns she uses EMDR along with grounding methods to reduce the intensity of painful memories. Work on relationships, intimacy, and communication centers on practical skills and honest conversation rather than theory.
When addictions or substance use are involved, she combines motivational interviewing with behavior-focused plans to support change. Cheri keeps explanations straightforward and sessions goal-oriented. She helps with grief, family conflict, body image, codependency, guilt and shame, and the strain that comes with first responder roles.
People who feel isolated or purposeless are helped to identify small steps toward connection and meaning. Her approach balances validation with action. Cheri partners with each person to develop coping tools they can use between sessions.
That practical focus aims to make daily life feel more manageable and progressively closer to the changes the person wants.
Cheri lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
How these approaches work in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building on each person's strengths; the therapist follows the person's lead and helps set goals that feel doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. Many people use CBT online to manage anxiety, depression, and stress with step-by-step tools.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheri will talk with each person about goals, challenges, and preferences and then recommend techniques to try. The plan can change as progress is made so that therapy stays aligned with what actually helps the person most.
Online formats let people fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls are useful for conversations that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when screen time is limited or bandwidth is low. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for brief check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when someone prefers writing over talking. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to use therapy consistently.
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