About Cheryl
Cheryl Patterson helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and major life changes. She also supports those dealing with trauma, sleep trouble, anger, low self-esteem, career worries, and postpartum concerns. Cheryl is identified as an LMFT and works from a spiritually informed perspective.
Cheryl draws on straightforward conversation and goal-focused work. She listens closely to understand what matters to each person. Sessions aim to clarify next steps, reduce overwhelm, and rebuild confidence in daily life.
How Cheryl works
She combines client-centered approaches with motivational techniques that encourage change at a comfortable pace. Cheryl also uses narrative and solution-focused ideas to reframe difficult stories and set practical short-term goals. These methods are used to address addictions, relationship patterns, and parenting stress.
Her background includes nursing in labor, delivery, postpartum, and nursery care, plus experience in adult psychiatric settings. Cheryl also spent time supporting people in recovery programs and supervising a peer-directed recovery house. That mix of clinical and everyday experience shapes how she talks about coping and growth.
Cheryl lives and practices in Minnesota and brings four years of clinical experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She is a parent and partner who connects life experience with therapeutic practice. Her style is plainspoken, compassionate, and focused on achievable steps forward.
Cheryl lists 4 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
How Cheryl's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience without directing the conversation. It helps when someone needs a supportive, nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and make choices. Motivational interviewing uses gentle questions and reflection to strengthen a person's own reasons for change and is often helpful with addictions, ambivalence, or making lifestyle shifts.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. She adjusts methods based on progress so therapy stays relevant and useful rather than rigid.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a lunch break or commute. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer typed communication. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and keep momentum between meetings.
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