Cheryl Wharton

Cheryl Wharton is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 30 years of clinical experience. She supports people who are worn down by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, addiction, or life transitions. Cheryl focuses on helping clients find steadier footing and clearer personal direction.

She offers a calm place to talk and to be heard without judgment. Cheryl helps people identify strengths, build resilience, and make choices that match their values. Her approach looks at the whole person - emotions, relationships, life roles, and spiritual concerns - to create practical changes.

Cheryl blends client-centered listening with cognitive and behavioral strategies. She also uses mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help manage intense feelings and improve day-to-day coping. She encourages small, steady steps that add up to real change.

Her training includes a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and a Degree in Psychology, and she is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT. Over three decades she has worked with people on issues like parenting, intimacy struggles, blended family concerns, codependency, and communication problems.

Cheryl invites people ready to move beyond merely surviving to take practical steps toward a more authentic life. She aims to help clients repair relationships, reduce anxiety, and regain hope by combining listening, skills training, and goal-focused planning.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Cheryl uses mindfulness therapy to help people notice thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations without judgment; this can reduce reactivity and improve focus when life feels overwhelming. Client-centered therapy forms the backbone of her work by offering empathic listening and helping clients find their own solutions through reflection and exploration. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and to practice small behavior changes that ease anxiety, depression, and relationship conflict.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl will work with each person to choose which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust techniques, and set practical steps to try between sessions.

Please confirm available session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people practice skills in their everyday environment and bring real situations into sessions for direct problem solving.