About Cheryl
Cheryl Leong is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience in California. She offers a warm and honest style that puts people at ease. Cheryl focuses on practical tools alongside mindfulness to help clients make small, useful changes.
Her sessions are short and focused when that fits a client's needs. She aims to understand each person's goals early on and to tailor a few concrete strategies they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Cheryl emphasizes clear, direct conversation and steady support. Cheryl works with people facing relationship strain, life transitions, and challenges tied to ADHD. She also helps those dealing with identity questions, including LGBT concerns, and supports people navigating multicultural or immigrant experiences.
Coaching-style work is available for clients looking for goal-oriented guidance. Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful patterns, the Gottman Method for relationship skills, and mindfulness practices to manage stress and focus. She also uses Internal Family Systems ideas to understand the different parts inside a person and how they interact.
Sessions can be practical and brief or more exploratory, depending on the client's needs. Cheryl seeks to make therapy useful in everyday life, with down-to-earth techniques and a calm, affirming presence.
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Cheryl uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new actions. CBT is practical and often focuses on clear steps to change behavior and reduce distress. She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that can lower stress and improve focus.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She will check in regularly and adjust strategies if something isn't working, so the plan evolves with the client's experience.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill demonstrations and guided practices. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy lives and make regular progress more feasible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Coping with life changes
Also listed
- ADHD
- Coaching
- Multicultural concerns
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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