About Cheryl
Cheryl Loomis is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, career issues, life changes, and ADHD. She combines straightforward conversation with practical steps so clients can make small, usable changes. Cheryl works with respect and compassion and adapts her approach to each person's needs.
Clients can expect a focus on repairing communication and building emotional connection in their relationships. Cheryl guides discussions to identify what is getting in the way and then practices new ways of relating.
Background and approach
She frames work in clear goals so progress is easier to notice. When life shifts cause stress or uncertainty, she helps people sort priorities and develop routines that reduce overwhelm. For career questions she supports decision-making, boundary-setting, and managing work-related anxiety.
For ADHD and focus issues she helps people find structure and strategies that fit daily life. Her practice style is collaborative and practical. Cheryl listens first, then suggests concrete steps clients can try between sessions.
She checks in on what worked and what didn’t, and adjusts plans so they feel realistic and useful. Cheryl is licensed as an LCSW in multiple states and provides care from Washington. Sessions are conducted in English and offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
She encourages people to take the first step and seek support when they feel ready.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and improved daily functioning. One common approach emphasizes improving communication and rebuilding trust in relationships by practicing clear, direct ways to talk and listen. This helps people address conflict and strengthen emotional connection.Another approach helps with attention and executive functioning by creating routines, breaking tasks into smaller steps, and testing simple tools for focus and follow-through. These strategies are aimed at making daily life more manageable rather than promising quick fixes.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl works together with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their life, and adjust the plan when needed. She checks what is helping and changes course when something isn’t working.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical convenience. Video calls let people work face-to-face when they prefer visual contact. Phone sessions provide a lower-bandwidth option for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick notes, brief coaching, and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Maine
- Languages
- English
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