About Cheryl
Cheryl Osler is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and ADHD. She brings a calm, practical approach and uses talk and skill-building to help people manage daily challenges. Cheryl works with adults on issues like grief, addiction, career stress, and coping with life changes.
Cheryl trained first in nursing and later completed graduate degrees in clinical psychology and educational leadership. She has ten years working as a licensed mental health counselor in independent practice and prior experience in mental health nursing.
Background and approach
That mix of clinical and counseling backgrounds shapes a practical style that focuses on clear steps and real-life tools. In sessions she uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered ways of working to help people clarify values and build flexible habits.
Conversations aim to be straightforward and applicable between sessions. Cheryl often supports people dealing with trauma, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, eating or sleeping concerns, and relationship or intimacy issues. She also addresses struggles linked to bipolar disorder, substance concerns, and body image.
Her practice includes work with life-stage and aging questions as well. People can expect a collaborative process that balances discussion with practical exercises. Cheryl combines listening with measurable steps so clients can practice new skills outside the counseling hour.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Cheryl commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT helps people identify patterns of thought that lead to unhelpful behavior and teaches concrete tools to change those patterns. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and learning small steps to live in line with those values even when difficult feelings appear.She also uses client-centered methods that prioritize listening and tailoring the pace to each person. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist and client will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most useful and workable for the client.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or require less bandwidth. Live chat or messaging offer shorter check-ins and written tools to review later. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity across locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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