About Cheryl
Cheryl Chiarello offers calm, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She welcomes conversations about hard feelings and helps people put words to what they are going through. Cheryl aims to make the first step less overwhelming and to meet each person where they are.
Cheryl is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, with 17 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on listening closely and responding without judgment. Sessions are a place to speak openly, try new ways of coping, and practice clearer communication about needs and boundaries. She draws on client-centered methods to keep the focus on each person's experience and pace.
Motivational interviewing is used when people want help finding the motivation to change behaviors, including substance use. Psychodynamic ideas help uncover patterns that may come from family history or attachment experiences. Cheryl also addresses aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and family of origin problems.
She helps people manage guilt, shame, impulsivity, loneliness, and the search for life purpose. Practical strategies and honest conversation are balanced in sessions to create forward steps. Therapy sessions are offered in formats that fit modern life, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
Cheryl works from New Jersey and conducts sessions in English. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
How Cheryl’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters to the person in the room. It helps when someone needs space to sort feelings, build trust, and decide next steps at their own pace. Motivational interviewing helps people find reasons to change and strengthen their own motivation. It is useful for challenges like reducing substance use, breaking unwanted habits, or making other practical life changes. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cheryl will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has worked in the past, then together they will try strategies that fit. That collaboration helps adjust the plan if something does not feel helpful. Online formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or an easier option when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief reflections, between-session support, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options offer flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or mobility limits, and they let a therapist and client focus on what will help most in each session.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- 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
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English