Andjie Cherichel
Compassionate CBT-informed care for life transitions
LICSW, MD, LCSW-C Maryland
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Relationship, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English, Haitian Creole
About Andjie
Andjie Cherichel brings a practical, collaborative approach grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy while drawing on client-centered and narrative techniques to support people facing relationship and family challenges.
Background and approach
She emphasizes clear thinking about patterns that maintain distress and partners with clients to develop concrete skills for managing self-esteem, motivation, and the aftereffects of trauma and abuse. With a focus on real-world coping, she helps clients address communication problems, codependency, control issues, and the transition-related stresses that accompany divorce, separation, and caregiving roles.
Licensed as an LICSW, MD LCSW-C, Andjie applies nine years of professional experience across settings that require navigating complex systems and interpersonal dynamics. Her practice includes attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, aging and geriatric questions, body image, and forgiveness work.
She creates an open atmosphere where clients can explore difficult feelings and develop practical strategies, acknowledging that starting therapy takes courage and offering steady support through the process.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is often used for concerns like low self-esteem, anxiety around relationships, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist reflects and validates the client’s experience, helping people explore feelings and build self-understanding. Existential Therapy explores meaning, choice, and responsibility when people face life transitions or feelings of emptiness, supporting work on values and purpose.Choosing the right approach is typically a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adjusting methods over time so the work fits each person’s needs and pace rather than prescribing a single path from the start.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to attend regularly and integrate therapy into a busy life. Licensed professionals can use these formats to teach skills, guide reflective exercises, and maintain continuity of care across changing schedules and locations.
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Experience
9+ years
Licensed
District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland
Languages
English, Haitian Creole