About Cheri
Cheri Doval is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people through hard times. She works with adults who face stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy issues. Cheri focuses on building a strong, respectful connection before moving into practical work together.
Her style is warm and attentive. She listens first and then helps people choose approaches that fit their needs. Sessions are straightforward and focus on what will make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Cheri blends several methods to tailor care. She uses cognitive-behavioral tools to challenge unhelpful thoughts and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. For trauma-related concerns she may incorporate EMDR-informed strategies alongside supportive talk therapy.
She also supports people facing life changes like divorce, adoption or separation from the military, as well as those coping with compassion fatigue and addiction. Cheri pays attention to practical steps clients can try between sessions, such as small behavioral shifts and grounding exercises. Based in Florida, Cheri draws on professional training and real-world insight to help people move forward.
She speaks English and accepts international clients for online sessions. The approach is collaborative and geared toward helping each person find what works for them.
How Cheri’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions by focusing on what matters and small acts that align with those values.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. In this approach the therapist listens closely and helps the person find their own direction, which supports work on self-esteem, grief, and relationship concerns.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers concrete tools to identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that fuel depression or anxiety. It often includes practical homework and short exercises that translate well to online formats.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and symptoms and then suggest which methods to try. Decisions are collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy with Cheri uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is helpful for deeper conversations, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins or when writing helps, and text can support ongoing reminders or short skills practice. These options aim to make regular care easier to schedule and sustain.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English