About Cherie
Dr. Cherie Swingler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, addiction, grief, relationship or intimacy concerns, and parenting or family strain. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, career questions, compassion fatigue, and struggles with self-esteem and anger.
She takes a down-to-earth approach that centers the person in the room. She listens without judgment and asks questions to help people understand their patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer choices, and skills that can be used between meetings. Dr. Swingler draws from several methods to shape each person's care.
She commonly uses client-centered conversations to follow what matters most to the client. She adds cognitive-behavioral techniques to spot and shift unhelpful thinking. Dialectical behavior tools and mindfulness practices are offered for emotion regulation and stress management.
Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when people feel stuck or unsure about change. The goal is to build motivation and set realistic, achievable steps toward goals. She frames therapy as a collaborative process rather than a prescriptive program.
With ten years of professional experience, she blends practical coaching with clinical methods to support people through life transitions, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Meetings aim to identify clear strategies, strengthen coping, and help people move toward the life they want.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on following the client's lead, listening closely, and building trust so goals come from the person's priorities. It helps when someone needs choices clarified and a nonjudgmental space to talk about hard topics.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and to try small behavioral experiments that reduce anxiety or improve mood.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. It can be useful for anger, relationship conflict, and learning steady coping skills under pressure.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they will try techniques, track what helps, and adjust the plan based on progress and feedback.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth or focus is limited. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and coaching easier between meetings. These options offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels with being on camera.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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