- Practical coping tools
- Focus on relationships
- Strengths based
About Cheryl
Cheryl Wharton, LMFT, welcomes people who are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. She focuses on helping clients address stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and life changes. Her manner is direct and compassionate, aimed at practical steps people can use day to day.
Cheryl has three decades of counseling experience and a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She draws on that background to help people identify strengths, clarify goals, and change patterns that hold them back. Sessions emphasize clear thinking, coping skills, and small behavior changes that add up over time.
Her approach centers on listening first, then working together to find what helps. Cheryl uses client-centered conversations alongside cognitive strategies and mindfulness practices so clients can manage distress and make different choices. She also brings ideas from dialectical behavior and existential therapies to address values, meaning, and emotional balance.
In sessions Cheryl supports people to improve communication, set healthier boundaries, and reduce shame or isolation. She encourages exploring family of origin issues, blended family dynamics, and parenting stresses when those come up. Her style is practical but warm, focused on helping people move from surviving to taking intentional steps toward a fuller life.
Clients are invited to name their goals and try changes at a steady pace. Cheryl emphasizes resilience, forgiveness, and finding purpose as part of lasting change. Her practice is based in California and she conducts work in English.
Cheryl has three decades of counseling experience and a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. She draws on that background to help people identify strengths, clarify goals, and change patterns that hold them back. Sessions emphasize clear thinking, coping skills, and small behavior changes that add up over time.
Her approach centers on listening first, then working together to find what helps. Cheryl uses client-centered conversations alongside cognitive strategies and mindfulness practices so clients can manage distress and make different choices. She also brings ideas from dialectical behavior and existential therapies to address values, meaning, and emotional balance.
In sessions Cheryl supports people to improve communication, set healthier boundaries, and reduce shame or isolation. She encourages exploring family of origin issues, blended family dynamics, and parenting stresses when those come up. Her style is practical but warm, focused on helping people move from surviving to taking intentional steps toward a fuller life.
Clients are invited to name their goals and try changes at a steady pace. Cheryl emphasizes resilience, forgiveness, and finding purpose as part of lasting change. Her practice is based in California and she conducts work in English.