About Cheryl
Cheryl Pickering is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of practice in Arizona. She focuses on helping people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and self-esteem struggles. Cheryl centers her work on practical steps people can use each day to feel steadier and more capable.
She uses straightforward, person-focused methods to address stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, parenting strains, and career challenges. Cheryl also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiving burden, and the emotional fallout from major life changes.
How Cheryl works
Her practice includes attention to ADHD, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are conversational and rooted in what matters to the individual. Cheryl helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of responding.
She also listens for patterns coming from family of origin, blended family stress, or past trauma and helps people make small, realistic shifts. Clients can expect session time to be used for problem solving, skill building, and emotional processing. Cheryl draws on client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral strategies to set manageable goals and track progress.
She aims for a calm, practical pace so people can use what they learn between appointments. Cheryl works in English and provides care via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She holds an Arizona LCSW credential.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to therapist availability.
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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
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Cheryl uses client-centered therapy to make the session about the person's priorities. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at a pace that feels right for the individual. It helps people feel understood and decide which changes matter most to them.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is used to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, manage mood problems, and tackle repetitive negative thinking by practicing small, concrete skills between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before to decide which methods to try. The plan can shift over time as needs change and progress is reviewed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet with a licensed professional. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, shorter coaching-style exchanges, or people who prefer typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep consistent momentum between appointments.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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