About Cherrise
Cherrise Smith is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, and depression. She aims to create a compassionate, direct, and collaborative space where people feel heard and understood. Her style is practical and relational, focused on real-life changes rather than jargon.
Cherrise uses multiple evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people identify patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions often include talking through past experiences that shape current feelings, learning new ways to communicate, and practicing skills for managing intense emotions.
How Cherrise works
She keeps interventions straightforward so clients can use them between sessions. Her work pays special attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, as well as issues like body image, caregiver stress, and impulsivity. She also supports people facing divorce or separation, grief, guilt, and shame.
For mood and anxiety conditions, she addresses panic attacks and post-traumatic stress with steady, step-by-step care. Cherrise emphasizes building strengths and increasing day-to-day coping. She helps people find clearer direction, improve communication, and reduce isolation.
Meetings balance empathy with clear, actionable steps. With eight years of clinical experience and an LMHC credential, she practices in Washington and provides services in English. The focus is on helping each person move toward a more authentic, manageable life.
What Cherrise works with
The areas below are the ones Cherrise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit online care
Cherrise uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on relationships and practical skills. One common approach centers on exploring how past experiences shape current emotions and behaviors; this helps people understand patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or attachment concerns. Another emphasis is skill-based work for emotion regulation and communication, teaching specific strategies to manage panic, intense feelings, and conflict.Choosing the right method is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively to learn about a person's needs, goals, and preferences, then suggests approaches to try together. If a technique doesn't fit, adjustments are made so the plan matches what actually helps.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a camera feels uncomfortable, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between meetings. These options help fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or days when getting to an office is difficult.
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