About Cheryl
Cheryl Slaight is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) in Michigan with 24 years of professional experience. She focuses on creating a calm, respectful space where people can talk about painful or confusing feelings. Cheryl encourages steady steps toward clearer thinking and greater emotional balance.
She uses a client-centered approach that puts the person's own goals first. Cheryl also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and try different ways of responding.
How Cheryl works
Mindfulness practices are used to teach simple grounding and focus skills that can lower stress in the moment. Cheryl has worked with concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and self-esteem. She also supports people facing chronic pain, illness, or disability, and those coping with major life changes like divorce and separation.
Other focus areas include issues tied to family of origin, communication problems, and feelings of isolation or shame. Her practice includes attention to first responder and veteran and armed forces issues, as well as the emotional impacts of disasters. Cheryl also helps people struggling with dissociation, mood disorders, and the lasting effects of domestic violence.
She uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies when a clear plan or small achievable steps will help. Cheryl aims to work collaboratively. She helps people set short-term goals and reviews progress together.
The emphasis is on practical tools, steady support, and building skills that fit day-to-day life.
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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
- Anger management
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely to the person's priorities and shaping sessions around their goals. It helps when someone needs a respectful, nonjudgmental place to sort feelings and decide what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks down how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to test and change unhelpful thinking. That approach is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress symptoms. Mindfulness therapy teaches brief attention and grounding exercises to reduce reactivity and support emotion regulation; these skills are easy to practice between sessions.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will discuss options and try strategies that fit the person's needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions can shift over time as progress is made or goals change, with regular check-ins about what is helping.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, practicing skills, or fitting therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it simpler to keep a steady therapy routine around work, caregiving, or health demands.
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