Sheri Pate, LMFT

Sheri Pate is a licensed marriage and family therapist who centers practice on mindfulness and practical change. She emphasizes acceptance of where a person is now while teaching simple skills to reduce stress and increase daily satisfaction.

Sheri uses mindfulness exercises to help people notice thoughts and emotions without getting stuck in them. Those practices often make room for new ways of thinking and handling problems. She pairs mindfulness with cognitive behavioral ideas to help change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors.

Her approach is collaborative and person-focused. Sheri asks about strengths, life history, and current patterns to build a plan that fits each person. She favors guided imagery, relaxation, and awareness exercises to help people reconnect with what matters to them.

With clinical training and work since 2002, Sheri draws on years of leading meditation, yoga, and mindfulness groups in both live and virtual settings. That background supports her use of practical mind-body tools for coping, performance, and emotion regulation.

She also uses attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas when relationships or connection are central concerns. Sheri helps people explore family of origin issues, communication problems, grief, trauma, career stress, parenting strain, and mood concerns so they can make steady, manageable change.

Sheri holds a Master’s degree in counseling psychology and is licensed in California as an LMFT. Her style is calm, straightforward, and aimed at helping people accept themselves while moving toward clearer goals and more enjoyment in life.

How Sheri brings mindfulness and CBT online

Sheri often blends cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness practices to address worry, mood concerns, stress, and relationship patterns. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to change behavior. Mindfulness helps people notice thoughts and physical reactions so they can choose how to respond rather than react automatically.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheri collaborates with each person to decide which strategies fit their goals and lifestyle. She will review current challenges, try techniques together, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video lets her guide breathing, relaxation, and imagery exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, tools practice, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on steady, usable change.