Cheri Mills, LCSW

Cheri Mills is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in Utah with eight years of practice. She centers care on practical strategies and clear goals to help people manage stress, anxiety, addiction challenges, and the effects of trauma and abuse.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) along with client-centered methods to help people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), EMDR, and mindfulness tools when those approaches fit the need. Sessions focus on concrete skills, steady support, and building on each person’s strengths.

Cheri respects each person’s experience and treats them as the expert on their own life. She works to create a collaborative plan so goals feel realistic and relevant. That can mean short-term skills for coping or deeper work on patterns that keep showing up.

Many clients bring concerns about relationships, self-esteem, grief, or life changes. Cheri also supports people facing compassion fatigue, first responder stress, body image struggles, and addiction recovery. She adapts methods to match the concern and the person’s pace.

Sessions may include skill practice, thought tracking, grounding and mindfulness exercises, or EMDR when appropriate. The therapist emphasizes steady progress and practical steps people can use between sessions.

How Cheri Uses Practical Approaches Online

CBT helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test them with small experiments. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress so clients can learn clearer thinking and coping steps.

Client-centered therapy puts the person’s goals and experience first. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and partners with people to shape useful next steps for their lives.

DBT adds skills for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and tolerating distress. It can be useful when overwhelming feelings or relationship conflicts get in the way of daily life.

Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps. That collaborative process helps people find the methods that fit their needs and pace.

Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face work and skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep work moving forward without long travel.