Cheryl Leong
Supportive LMFT guiding practical change
LMFT California
- Experience
- 18 years in practice
- Focus areas
- LGBT, Relationship, Coping with life changes
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method
- Languages
- English
About Cheryl
Cheryl Leong is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 18 years of clinical experience in California. She blends a warm, straightforward approach with evidence-informed tools to help people navigate relationship challenges, ADHD-related concerns, life transitions, and identity matters including LGBT and multicultural issues.
Background and approach
Her practice emphasizes cultural humility and affirming care for LGBTQIA+ clients and immigrants while focusing on practical strategies that clients can apply between sessions. Her manner is compassionate yet honest, offering mindfulness-informed perspectives alongside structured techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and other approaches.
Cheryl typically frames support as short-term and goal-focused, helping clients clarify priorities and work toward specific, achievable changes. She aims to understand each person’s goals and tailors interventions to match those objectives, providing coaching-oriented guidance when helpful.
Sessions are intended to be pragmatic and collaborative, with an emphasis on equipping clients with skills for coping and growth. Cheryl communicates directly and respectfully to create a space where clients can explore concerns and develop strategies for moving forward.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Cheryl integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness therapy into online sessions to provide concrete skills and present-moment awareness. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing alternative strategies to change behavior and mood, which can be useful for managing ADHD symptoms, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. Mindfulness therapy cultivates attention to the present moment and nonjudgmental awareness, supporting stress reduction and clearer decision making in daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Cheryl works with clients to clarify goals and preferences, then tailors techniques from these approaches to fit the client’s needs. Over a few sessions she and the client assess what methods feel most helpful and adjust the plan as progress becomes clear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it simpler to schedule appointments around work and personal commitments, and they allow ongoing access to tools and support between visits. The variety of formats also lets clients choose the communication style that best supports their comfort and therapeutic goals.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English