Cheryl Curtiss, LMFT

Cheryl Curtiss is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She supports those coping with parenting challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, and shifts in life like separation or midlife changes.

Cheryl aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through their thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on everyday habits and thinking patterns that influence mood and relationships. She listens for what matters most to each person and works with them to set practical steps they can try between sessions.

Her background includes long experience working with a wide range of life and family issues, including blended family challenges, infidelity, family of origin concerns, and postpartum depression. Over three decades she has offered steady support through career shifts, hoarding problems, and mood disorders.

Therapy tends to be conversational and down-to-earth. Cheryl helps people notice small behavior and thinking changes that make daily life easier. She encourages realistic goals and gradual progress rather than sudden fixes.

If you are nervous about starting, she acknowledges how hard that step can be and welcomes questions about how therapy works. Prospective clients are invited to use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

How her approaches translate to online work

Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on how people think and on everyday habits. One common approach she uses looks at thoughts that fuel anxiety and low mood, helping people notice and gently shift unhelpful thinking patterns to reduce distress and improve coping. Another common direction emphasizes small behavior changes and routines that support mood, relationships, and parenting challenges, with practical steps to try between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions include checking what helps, adapting strategies, and building on what works over time.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be helpful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Ask about available formats when you schedule so you can pick what fits your life.