About Cheryl
Cheryl Youngblood is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She works with adults facing life changes, addiction struggles, intimacy questions, sleep problems, anger, and low self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, career stress, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related issues.
Cheryl uses a down-to-earth, client-centered style that focuses on the present moment. Sessions tend to be practical and conversational.
How Cheryl works
She offers tools you can use between meetings, such as breathing exercises and guided imagery. Her approach draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and feelings. She also uses emotionally focused and narrative techniques to help people understand patterns in relationships and personal stories.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Cheryl brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work. She emphasizes strengths and practical coping skills while listening without judgment.
People who prefer a calm, respectful tone often respond well to her style. In therapy she may introduce simple mindfulness, sensory grounding, tapping, or short meditations to reduce anxiety in the moment. Over time she helps clients build routines that improve sleeping, communication, and self-worth.
Her work is geared toward steady, realistic progress rather than quick fixes.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Cheryl draws on client-centered therapy to build sessions around each person's needs, listening closely and shaping conversations to what matters now. This approach helps when someone needs compassion and practical support rather than a set technique.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. That work often involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing new responses to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl will collaborate with clients to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you use visual cues and do guided exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it simple to check in between sessions or keep therapy brief during a busy week. These options make it easier to fit steady work on stress, relationships, and coping skills into everyday life.
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