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Online therapist

Cheryl Crusse

Hope and practical skills for life

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
30 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Cheryl

Cheryl Crusse is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience in Florida. She draws on practical, evidence-based methods to help people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, and mood concerns. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping worried parents and adults find clearer ways to cope.

Sessions focus on everyday problems and simple skills to make life more manageable. Cheryl uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thoughts and change small patterns that cause big stress.

Background and approach

She includes acceptance and commitment techniques to help clients identify values and take steps that matter to them. Mindfulness and elements of dialectical behavior therapy are woven in to help calm intense emotions and improve emotional regulation. Her work addresses relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes.

She also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and seasonal mood shifts. Additional interests include attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, and men’s and women’s issues. Clients can expect practical skill-building, clear communication strategies, and help exploring life purpose.

Cheryl emphasizes a steady, collaborative process rather than quick fixes. She brings decades of practice and a focus on realistic steps toward better day-to-day functioning. Cheryl holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and practices in Florida.

Sessions are offered in English and available in multiple online formats including video, phone, chat, and text.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Cheryl often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that worsen depression or anxiety. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them, which can help during major life changes and grief.

She treats therapy choice as a collaboration. Together the therapist and client look at the presenting issues, goals, and what feels most useful. Sessions may mix approaches and are adjusted over time to fit how a person responds and what they want to achieve.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules and to get consistent support when life is hectic. The variety of formats also allows for brief check-ins or longer sessions depending on needs and preferences.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Cheryl focus on?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, anger, self esteem, career concerns, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.
What kind of therapy style does she use?
Her style blends cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to teach practical skills and support emotional regulation.
How long has she practiced?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood and life transition concerns in Florida.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - licensed in Florida with the license number FL LCSW SW15555.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
In what formats can sessions take place?
Sessions are available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a session with Cheryl?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

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Experience
30 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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