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Sherie Dechter

Sherie Dechter, LCSW

Therapist in California

Experienced LCSW focused on practical growth

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30 years of experience listed

LCSW professional credentials

English languages

  • Warm collaborative care
  • Practical coping tools
  • Relationship focus

About Sherie

Sherie Dechter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 30 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship pain, grief, parenting strain, and struggles with self esteem. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at helping clients feel more comfortable with themselves and find clearer direction.

She uses a mix of methods rather than a single formula. That includes acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral tools, and Imago relationship work. Sessions focus on real-life steps clients can try between meetings and on understanding patterns that keep problems repeating.

Sherie aims to build a warm, welcoming space where people feel heard. She describes therapy as a collaboration, with the client and therapist working together to set goals and try solutions. The goal is greater emotional steadiness and more satisfying relationships.

Her background spans many settings where people face crisis, loss, or long-term stress. She has worked with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver strain, attachment difficulties, fertility and family-of-origin concerns, and compassion fatigue. Those experiences inform how she frames practical next steps during sessions.

If you want a steady, experienced clinician who emphasizes listening and hands-on strategies, Sherie focuses on helping people move through hard times, grieve, repair connection, and build self-love and clearer purpose.

How Sherie’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match what matters to you; it can help with anxiety, avoidance, and building self esteem. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people change how they connect and trust. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the client’s lead so sessions feel responsive and grounded.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sherie treats therapy as collaborative and will work with each person to find methods that fit their goals and preferences. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.

Session formats are not listed in her biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into workdays, avoid travel time, or pick a quieter moment at home. Online meetings also make it easier to continue care during busy or transitional periods. Licensed professionals, including therapists, adapt these approaches to online conversations so clients can work on grief, relationship patterns, self-esteem, and stress management without changing the core of how therapy works.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGrief

Also works with

Intimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsFamily of origin issuesFertility issuesJealousyLife purposeSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Imago Relationship TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

30+ years

Credentials

California

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Sherie help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, parenting concerns, and self esteem difficulties among other issues.

How would she describe her way of working?

Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining listening with practical tools from several approaches so clients can try changes between sessions.

What experience does she bring to therapy?

She has 30 years of clinical experience working in settings that address crisis, loss, family challenges, and long-term stress.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in California.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does pricing and payment work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Sherie?

Use the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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