About Cheryl
Cheryl Crusse is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience practicing in Florida. She focuses on helping people manage depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and mood-related concerns. Cheryl aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can speak honestly about what they are facing.
Her work draws on therapies that help people notice thoughts and feelings without being controlled by them. She uses practical strategies to reduce distress and build everyday coping skills.
How Cheryl works
Sessions often include skill practice and small steps people can try between meetings. Cheryl supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem struggles, and career stress. She also helps those facing compassion fatigue and life changes that feel overwhelming.
Additional focus areas include attachment and codependency concerns, aging and geriatric issues, and mood disorders such as bipolar and seasonal affective disorder. With many years of practice, Cheryl brings steady experience when people are trying to find their footing again. She emphasizes clearer communication, exploring life purpose, and healing from past hurts.
The overall approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Sessions are offered in English and delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Cheryl holds FL LCSW, which indicates a licensed clinical social worker credential in Florida.
Cheryl lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Cheryl works with
The areas below are the ones Cheryl selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move a person toward a more meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, actions, and moods and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy provides concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness, useful for intense emotions and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, comfort level, and daily routine. That choice can shift over time as needs change and progress is made.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to exchange brief updates or work through exercises between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
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