Cheryl Meng
Compassionate, evidence-informed social work care
LICSW Washington
- Experience
- 22 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Cheryl
Cheryl Meng is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) who brings 22 years of practice to addressing stress, anxiety, relationship and family strains, mood and trauma-related concerns, and a broad range of life challenges.
Background and approach
Her approach centers on understanding each person's goals and real-life circumstances, helping clients build practical skills for managing depression, addiction, grief, sleep difficulties, career transitions, compassion fatigue, and other longstanding or situational problems. She blends evidence-informed methods including cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness with a client-centered stance that emphasizes respect and empathy.
Cheryl also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to help people identify strengths, set achievable goals, and take steps toward improved coping and self-regard. Her background in social work and varied clinical settings informs a flexible, grounded practice that attends to both emotional experience and day-to-day functioning.
Based in Washington, Cheryl works in English and structures care to fit each person’s needs, offering multiple session formats so clients can choose what works best for their schedule and situation. She aims to create a collaborative space where practical tools and compassionate listening come together to support meaningful change.
How Cheryl’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Cheryl commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices in her work. Cognitive behavioral methods help clients identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Mindfulness therapy supports building awareness of present-moment experience and stress regulation, which can aid in coping with trauma, grief, and chronic stress.
She combines these approaches with a client-centered, collaborative stance so that selecting methods becomes a shared decision. During early sessions she explores a person’s goals, preferences, and daily realities and tailors the mix of skill-building and reflective work accordingly. This collaborative process helps determine whether a CBT focus, mindfulness exercises, motivational interviewing, or solution-focused steps will best support progress.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, letting clients fit care into busy schedules or manage sessions from different locations. These formats make it possible to practice skills between appointments, check in more frequently if needed, and keep continuity of care when life circumstances change while still working with a licensed professional committed to accessible, goal-oriented support.
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Experience
22+ years
Licensed
Washington
Languages
English