About Cheryl
Cheryl Barajas is a licensed professional counselor who helps people tackle stress, anxiety, addiction challenges, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression. She speaks plainly and offers steady support as clients take initial steps toward change. Cheryl emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and a compassionate approach to help people feel heard and understood.
Cheryl uses practical conversation and goal-focused planning to match each person’s needs. She works with clients to create straightforward steps that fit daily life.
Background and approach
That can mean short-term strategies for coping, or slower work on deeper patterns tied to past relationships and attachment. Over seven years as a licensed professional counselor has given Cheryl experience with a broad range of concerns. She has helped people facing abandonment worries, communication problems, codependency, and challenges from blended family situations.
She also supports those managing chronic illness or recovery from substance use. Sessions are conducted in English and organized around the client’s goals. Cheryl adapts session pace and methods so conversations feel manageable and useful.
People can expect clear suggestions, options to try between sessions, and regrouping when needed. Cheryl practices in Texas and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person chooses Start Therapy, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to availability.
How Cheryl’s Approaches Work Online
Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One common approach is goal-focused therapy, which breaks problems into small steps and tracks progress over time; this helps with anxiety, motivation, and building new habits. Another approach centers on addressing attachment and relationship patterns by looking at how past connections shape current feelings and choices; this can help with abandonment worries, codependency, and communication struggles.Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. Cheryl collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. She adjusts pace and tasks based on what the client prefers and what shows results during sessions.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing body language matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, written reflections, or flexible contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or medical schedules while keeping care consistent.
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What this counselor works with
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- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English