About Sherry
Sherry Farrell uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person's goals at the center of therapy. She is a California LMFT with ten years of clinical experience. Sherry writes in an open, direct way and aims to build trust quickly so people feel heard and understood.
Sherry blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. She helps people identify patterns of thinking and small steps they can try between sessions.
How Sherry works
Sessions emphasize practical tools as well as space to talk about feelings and life meaning. Her background includes work in clinics and in both alternative and mainstream school settings. That experience shaped how she helps people manage anxiety, depression, trauma, and issues connected to relationships and family life.
She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction, bipolar disorder, chronic illness, caregiver stress, and parenting challenges. Sherry aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients set the pace. She looks for realistic, manageable changes and partners with people to test what works.
Her style mixes listening with clear, doable strategies for coping and problem solving. Therapy with Sherry often includes short-term problem solving and longer work on attachment, self-esteem, or life transitions. She works with concerns such as sleep and eating difficulties, anger and stress, intimacy and communication, and the effects of past abuse.
Her goal is steady progress that fits each person's life and values.
Sherry lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Sherry works with
The areas below are the ones Sherry 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches in online sessions and what they do
Sherry commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy during online appointments. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and empathy so the client feels understood and guided by their own goals. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to process feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and helps people test small changes. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and for building practical coping skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Sherry works collaboratively to choose techniques that match a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She will adjust methods over time, combining listening and practical exercises as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer typing, need brief daily check-ins, or want flexible ways to stay connected between appointments.
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