Cheryl Martin, LMFT

Cheryl Martin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Cheryl aims to create a calm space where clients can speak honestly and begin to make changes.

She uses practical strategies that focus on thoughts, emotions, and relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one approach she uses to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also draws on client-centered ideas to make sessions collaborative and emotionally-focused techniques to repair difficult relationship patterns.

Cheryl has worked in community mental health settings for many years. That background shaped her to work with common life challenges like parenting strain, career transitions, divorce and separation, and compassion fatigue. She emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes and meets people where they are.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Cheryl listens first, then helps clients set small, manageable steps to build confidence. She also uses trauma-informed methods when past experiences are getting in the way of day-to-day life.

People who are looking for help with communication problems, isolation, or finding life purpose may find her approach useful. Cheryl speaks English and Tagalog and offers several online session formats to fit different schedules.

How Cheryl’s Approaches Work Online

Cheryl uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice emotional patterns and shift how they connect with others during relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach happens together. Cheryl will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and then suggest ways to combine approaches that fit their needs. The work is collaborative and adjusted over time so the plan stays relevant.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work, while phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a short check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can support between-session check-ins, brief coaching, or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting, and other responsibilities.