About Cherish
Cherish Krisciunas is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 12 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her Florida license is listed as FL LCSW SW14315.
Cherish keeps sessions straightforward and compassionate. She listens without judgment and helps people name what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Together they set clear goals and try small actions between sessions to build change over time. Her work blends client-centered listening with evidence-based strategies drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She also uses attachment-focused ideas to understand relationship patterns and Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques when emotions and bonds are central concerns.
The therapist helps people facing a wide range of issues, including stress, depression, grief, intimacy-related concerns, family tensions, trauma and abuse, and caregiver strain. She also addresses topics like forgiveness, guilt, impulsivity, and challenges related to aging and end-of-life care. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to each person’s story.
Cherish supports people to build coping skills, improve communication, and make decisions that match their values. She aims to leave clients with clearer insight and useful tools they can apply in daily life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) supports people in noticing thoughts without getting stuck and clarifying values to guide action. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like depression and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people build more supported ways of relating when intimacy or communication is difficult.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your concerns and preferences, try a method or two, and adapt based on what helps you make steady progress. Sessions are flexible and designed around your goals rather than a single technique.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering practical benefits. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is low or for a brief check-in. Live chat and text let you send shorter updates and get support between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity when life gets in the way.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English