About Cheryl
Cheryl Miller Tivitt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She has 28 years of experience and speaks plainly with warmth. Cheryl focuses on building practical steps so clients can feel steadier and more able to cope.
She offers a straightforward, respectful approach. Conversations are tailored to each person's goals and circumstances. Cheryl listens for what matters most and helps set small, achievable steps between sessions.
Background and approach
Cheryl draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses simple coping skills for sleep, mood, and daily stress. Sessions often include practice tasks people can use right away.
Her background includes work in outpatient offices, community settings, and online care. That mix helps her adapt approaches to different lives and schedules. She has experience supporting people facing trauma, grief, caregiver strain, and mood disorders.
Cheryl is comfortable addressing concerns such as parenting stress, anger, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, seasonal shifts, and challenges faced by veterans and armed forces members. She aims to make therapy practical and understandable so people can try new ways of handling hard moments. Getting started is framed as a simple step.
Cheryl encourages people who are returning to therapy or trying it for the first time to begin with a brief questionnaire and a scheduled conversation to see if it feels like a good fit.
How Cheryl Uses CBT Online and What to Expect
Cheryl uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that worsen anxiety or low mood and then try small, practical changes. CBT sessions often include short exercises and homework to practice new habits between meetings and can help with worry, sleep problems, and coping after trauma.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Cheryl will work with each person to decide whether CBT suits their goals and will adjust methods based on progress and preference. That collaborative process helps shape focused steps that feel doable and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well when face-to-face interaction matters. Phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text let people send short updates, practice skills between meetings, or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to connect from different schedules and locations while keeping work focused on practical change and steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English