Cheryl Marrow, LPC, LMFT - Therapist in District of Columbia

About Cheryl

Cheryl Marrow is a licensed therapist with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, and struggles around relationships and intimacy. Her style is straightforward and warm, aimed at parents and adults who want clear steps and steady support.

Cheryl uses practical therapy tools to address communication problems, codependency, and issues that come up during life changes. She helps clients sort through control issues, commitment worries, and the fallout from separation or infidelity.

Background and approach

Sessions emphasize small, doable changes rather than vague goals. Her training includes work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused techniques. Cheryl blends these methods to match a person’s situation and temperament.

This mix is useful for managing emotions, building new habits, and repairing strained connections. Cheryl also draws on relationship-focused tools like the Gottman approach and Client-Centered Therapy to improve interactions and increase understanding between people. She pays attention to family history and patterns that shape current choices.

This helps clients find practical ways to shift those patterns. She is licensed as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - and as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, practicing in the District of Columbia. Sessions are offered in English and are tailored to each person’s goals and pace.

Therapy Approaches and Online Options

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people feel heard and understood; this approach helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to sort feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps identify and shift emotional responses that get in the way of connection, which can be useful for relationship and intimacy concerns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl will talk through options and tailor techniques to fit each person’s goals and comfort level. The process is collaborative - she helps people decide whether more skills practice, emotion work, or supportive listening will be most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to schedule sessions around parenting and work, and to keep continuity during life transitions. For many people, remote options reduce travel and allow steady progress using methods like CBT exercises, emotion-focused conversations, and skill coaching over time.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

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?

Cheryl works with issues like addictions, relationship strain, intimacy challenges, stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is practical and supportive, using straightforward tools to change patterns and manage emotions rather than long abstract conversations.

What is her background and experience?

She has 25 years of clinical experience helping clients navigate personal growth, relationship problems, and addiction-related concerns.

What credentials and location apply to her practice?

Cheryl holds LPC and LMFT credentials: DC LPC PRC883 and DC LMFT LMFT000114, and she practices in the District of Columbia.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working with her?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Addictions
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 25 years
Licensed: District of Columbia
Languages: English

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