- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness strategies
- Spanish language services
About Cheryl
Cheryl Velasquez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in North Carolina with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults on issues such as depression, self-esteem, career concerns, compassion fatigue, and coping with life changes. She also lists additional focus areas like guilt and shame, body image, caregiver stress, and multicultural concerns.
Cheryl has provided services in many settings, including acute psychiatric hospitals, outpatient therapy, school-based mental health, and community mental health programs. She has experience providing direct therapy and has served in team lead roles. That background informs how she organizes sessions and supports practical problem solving.
Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, strengths-based work, psychoeducation, stress management, coping skills, mindfulness strategies, and concepts from Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In session she focuses on building skills, increasing self-understanding, and developing concrete ways to handle distressing thoughts and feelings.
She works with adults from diverse backgrounds and has particular experience supporting women with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and self-esteem concerns. She notes experience across the lifespan, having worked with clients ranging in age from childhood to older adulthood, and values cultural diversity in her work.
Cheryl offers services in English and Spanish. The subscription model for sessions can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session scheduled through the online therapy options button.
How therapeutic techniques are used in online sessions
Cheryl uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change patterns of thinking that keep guilt and shame active. CBT sessions often include simple exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments to test beliefs and try new responses.She also draws on mindfulness strategies to help people notice feelings without immediately reacting to them. Mindfulness work can provide short practices people use between sessions to reduce overwhelm and increase present-moment awareness.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose which techniques fit their goals and preferences, and adjust methods over time based on what helps most.
The biography does not specify which online formats are offered, so confirm the available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time that might otherwise make regular sessions harder to keep. Licensed professionals can use different formats to match a person's schedule and needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address related to guilt or shame?
She lists guilt and shame among her focus areas and works with related issues like forgiveness, self-esteem, and isolation.
How would she approach feelings of persistent guilt?
She uses evidence-based techniques such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and practice different responses.
What professional background does she bring to sessions?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with five years of experience in hospitals, outpatient programs, schools, and community mental health settings.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds an NC LCSW and practices in North Carolina.
Can I work with her in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are used for therapy?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.