Cheryl Youngblood
Supportive care for stress and relationship healing
LCSW California
- Experience
- 12 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Cheryl
Cheryl Youngblood is an LCSW based in California who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, family difficulties, depression, addiction, and a broad range of relationship and life-transition concerns.
Background and approach
She draws on 12 years of clinical practice to offer compassionate, grounded care that emphasizes practical coping skills alongside deeper exploration of patterns such as attachment, codependency, abandonment, and family of origin issues. Her approach blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed methods.
Cheryl uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and she incorporates emotionally focused and narrative strategies to explore relational dynamics and personal meaning. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas help clients set achievable goals and build momentum toward change.
Cheryl works with issues including intimacy, communication problems, infertility and adoption-related concerns, caregiver stress, anger, low self-esteem, and isolation. Sessions may address sleep difficulties, compassion fatigue, career and coaching needs, and ADHD-related challenges.
She aims to create a respectful, strengths-based atmosphere where clients can practice new skills and discover clearer pathways forward.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Cheryl integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice. CBT helps clients notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns with practical exercises and skill building, which can be applied to anxiety, sleep issues, and stress. Client-centered work emphasizes empathic listening and a collaborative relationship, creating space to explore feelings about relationships, family of origin, and life transitions.She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift the emotional patterns that shape close relationships, useful for intimacy, communication problems, and attachment-related concerns. These approaches are presented in a collaborative way so the therapist and client can decide together which methods fit the client’s goals and preferences as therapy progresses.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it possible to access care with more flexibility. Online formats allow scheduling to better fit busy lives, provide repeated brief check-ins through messaging, and support practice of skills between sessions, helping clients integrate insights into daily routines.
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Experience
12+ years
Licensed
California
Languages
English