About Cheryl
Cheryl Wharton offers direct, steady support for people feeling stuck by stress, anxiety, or relationship pain. She writes plainly and listens closely so clients can talk about what matters most. Cheryl brings calm focus to messy problems and helps people take practical steps forward.
Cheryl is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, with 30 years of clinical experience. She earned a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy after completing undergraduate work in psychology.
How Cheryl works
Her background combines long practice with life experience, which she draws on to relate to real-world struggles. In sessions Cheryl creates space for people to feel heard and respected. She helps identify strengths, face hard emotions, and set realistic goals.
Conversations can cover relationship patterns, parenting strain, grief, addiction concerns, mood shifts, and life transitions. Her approach is eclectic and practical. Techniques are chosen to fit the person and the problem, using talking, skills practice, and reflection.
Cheryl emphasizes improving communication, reducing anxiety, and rebuilding connection where trust or intimacy has fractured. People who want clear guidance and warm honesty tend to find her helpful. She aims to move clients from surviving to living with more purpose and resiliency.
If someone wants steady help sorting their feelings and making change, Cheryl supports that process.
Cheryl lists 7 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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How approach and online sessions work together
Cheryl commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people make changes. Client-centered work focuses on listening, validation, and helping clients find their own answers, which can help with shame, isolation, or low self-esteem. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete tools to reduce anxiety and depressive patterns.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Cheryl will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they adjust methods over time so therapy fits the issue and the person rather than following a fixed plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexible ways to stay connected. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat or messaging can fit short check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping continuity of care.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with CherylWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What problems does Cheryl address?
What is her style in sessions?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What are her professional credentials and location?
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Can people from other countries work with her?
What formats are available for online sessions?
How does cost and scheduling work?
A practical next step
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.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions