About Raquel
Raquel Cherry is a licensed clinical social worker with nine years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related concerns. She helps with relationship strain, family and parenting challenges, grief, trauma, and problems with intimacy. Her approach is practical and respectful, and she aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable.
Raquel listens with attention and adapts sessions to each person's needs. She combines client-centered conversation with practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches.
Background and approach
That means she helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and try small, doable changes between sessions. Mindfulness practices are included when people want strategies to calm racing thoughts or stay grounded. Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help finding motivation for change, such as with addictions or life transitions.
Solution-focused techniques help people identify concrete next steps and build on what already works. She works with those juggling blended family issues, communication problems, first responder stress, money worries, and questions about life purpose. Raquel also addresses compassion fatigue, self-worth, and concerns common to women and young adults.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with room for honest reflection. People who choose her can expect an empathetic, straightforward style. Raquel aims to create clear plans, realistic homework, and steady support as clients work toward stronger coping and better day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy begins by focusing on each person's priorities and experiences, using empathic listening to help people feel heard and decide what matters most to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to break unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try out methods, and adjust plans based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills practice, motivational work, or mindfulness techniques.
Online therapy offers options to fit different needs. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins or real-time support into a busy day. These formats make therapy more flexible and can help people maintain momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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