About Cherina
Cherina Medina is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, ADHD, and concerns related to LGBT identity. Cherina writes in plain terms and focuses on what people need now. She makes space for emotion, storytelling, and sometimes humor to ease hard conversations.
Cherina combines a client-centered style with practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She offers clear psychoeducation about ADHD and trauma and helps people try out new ways of responding to fear and worry. Her background includes long experience in educational settings and work with people who have disabilities. Cherina knows the IEP process and disability-related issues from years in special education.
That experience shapes how she explains supports and strategies in straightforward language. Cherina brings elements of Native American traditions when welcomed by the client, such as storytelling, mindfulness, and guided reflection. She balances those practices with evidence-based behavior change work, and uses humor when it helps people feel safer and more able to tackle difficult subjects.
Sessions focus on realistic steps a person can take between meetings. Cherina emphasizes collaboration, asking what fits the client’s life before suggesting tools. Her approach is direct but warm, aimed at helping people face specific fears, phobias, and everyday struggles with clearer coping plans.
How client-centered and cognitive techniques work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely to the person's story and helping them set goals that matter to them. The therapist reflects back what she hears, asks clarifying questions, and helps the client choose next steps that feel doable. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches specific exercises to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits. CBT is often used for anxiety, phobias, and depression.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cherina will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made or challenges arise.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or mobility needs. Video calls let the therapist observe nonverbal cues and run skills practice in real time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or on-the-go scheduling is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, homework sharing, or ongoing support between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit consistent therapy into daily routines while using client-centered and CBT techniques effectively.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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