Cheryl Curtiss
Family-focused therapist with practical help
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed in
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Cheryl
Cheryl Curtiss is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in Connecticut with 30 years of professional experience helping people face family and parenting challenges. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, and common parenting struggles.
Cheryl aims to make the first step easier by offering a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can share what feels heavy and begin to sort things out. Her style is straightforward and practical.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to each person or family. She listens first, then helps identify patterns and small changes that can reduce conflict and improve connection. Cheryl works to keep therapy grounded so families can use what they learn at home.
Over three decades she has supported people through grief, trauma and abuse, postpartum depression, mood disorders, and midlife transitions. She also addresses issues like abandonment, blended family adjustments, infidelity, and divorce or separation. Her experience includes handling family-of-origin problems and multicultural concerns.
Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help with coping skills, emotional regulation, and rebuilding trust after disruptions. She also helps with eating concerns, hoarding behaviors, anger, self-esteem, and career-related stress. Her work emphasizes realistic steps families can try between sessions.
Therapy sessions are offered in English and delivered online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Cheryl is licensed in Connecticut as CT LMFT 000718 and combines decades of clinical work with a practical, supportive approach.
Evidence-based approaches for families online
This therapist uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, practical work. One approach emphasizes skill building for emotional regulation and coping - teaching concrete tools to manage anxiety, stress, and mood swings so clients can handle tense moments at home. Another approach focuses on communication and relationship patterns - identifying how interactions escalate and helping families change small behaviors to reduce conflict and restore connection.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Cheryl will collaborate with each person or family to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly to see what is working and adjusts the plan as concerns change.
Online sessions make this work easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions remove travel time, and live chat or text messaging supports shorter check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options offer flexibility and accessibility while keeping the focus on concrete steps families can try between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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