- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Parenting support
About Cheryl
Cheryl Hopkins is a California LMFT with 40 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief and loss, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem. Her practice also addresses issues such as adoption and foster care, caregiving strain, blended family dynamics, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
Cheryl uses straightforward conversation to help people name what is troubling them. She leans on methods from client-centered therapy to listen and reflect, and she draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also incorporates skills from acceptance and commitment therapy and elements of dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work when useful.
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking. Cheryl helps people practice new responses, notice emotional patterns, and try small behavioral experiments between meetings. She explains options in plain terms and works with each person to decide what to try next.
Her background includes long experience across common life stresses and relationship ruptures. That experience helps her recognize recurring patterns that contribute to shame or lingering guilt. She aims to help people separate their actions from their sense of self and to build steadier ways of coping.
Cheryl offers a respectful, direct approach that values honesty and steady skill-building. If someone wants to address old wounds, parental strain, or relational conflict, she works with them to set clear, manageable steps forward.
How Cheryl uses therapy methods in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting driven by them and focus on values-based actions. It can help when guilt or rumination keeps someone stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers straightforward exercises to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. It is often used for anxiety, shame-related beliefs, and low self-esteem. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying core emotions in relationships and working to change interaction patterns that increase distance or hurt.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will discuss these methods with the client and decide together which fits best given the person's goals and preferences. That collaborative process means trying practical techniques and adjusting based on what helps.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow shorter check-ins during a break, or remove travel time. In sessions conducted remotely, the focus remains on clear conversation, practicing skills, and setting small tasks between meetings so therapy can fit into daily life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
40+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief and loss, parenting concerns, and self-esteem. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses conversational, skills-based work to help people name actions and feelings. Techniques include noticing unhelpful thoughts and practicing different responses between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has 40 years of professional experience working with adults on relationship and life-stress issues. That long experience informs practical, experience-based strategies in sessions.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMFT licensed in California. Her practice is located in California.
Can I work with her if I live outside the US?
Sessions are offered to international clients as noted. Conversations are conducted in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and the service model. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.