Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
How Cheryl works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cheryl
Cheryl Patterson is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, addiction, relationship struggles, and parenting concerns. She works with adults facing life transitions, career decisions, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and issues around intimacy. Cheryl describes therapy as a practical conversation where people learn to regain control and move forward.
Cheryl draws on four years of clinical experience and a background in nursing to shape how she works.
Background and approach
She spent much of her career in labor, delivery, postpartum, and nursery care as a registered nurse before working in adult psychiatric care for two years. That mix of medical and counseling experience informs her attention to practical needs and whole-person concerns. Clients can expect a straightforward, spiritually informed approach in sessions.
Cheryl uses therapies that center the client, encourage motivation for change, and look at personal stories to find new meanings. She focuses on clear goals and steps people can try between meetings. Cheryl also has experience supervising a peer-directed recovery house and working at a residential program for adults and teens.
Those roles shaped her work with people dealing with addiction and recovery, as well as family of origin issues and communication problems. She lives and practices in Minnesota and offers counseling that blends life experience, nursing perspective, and relational therapy. Cheryl aims to offer practical support, honest conversation, and tools that fit each person's day-to-day life.
What Cheryl works with
Everything Cheryl lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cheryl's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Cheryl lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and online options that fit your life
Cheryl commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely to a person's experience and building understanding so they can find their own solutions; it helps with relationship struggles, self-esteem, and life transitions. Motivational Interviewing aims to strengthen a person's own reasons for change and is often useful for addictions, control issues, and making progress on difficult goals.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Cheryl works with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. She encourages collaboration so the method fits the client's needs and preferences rather than imposing a fixed style.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling easier to fit into a routine. Video can recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging suits quick reflections or ongoing notes between sessions. These options give flexibility for people managing busy schedules, work breaks, caregiving, or travel.
Questions people ask about Cheryl
What concerns does Cheryl focus on?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, relationship and parenting issues, sleep problems, self-esteem, depression, career concerns, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Cheryl uses a practical, conversational style that incorporates spiritual perspectives when helpful and focuses on clear goals and steps clients can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of counseling experience and previously worked as a registered nurse in labor and delivery, postpartum, and adult psychiatric care, plus roles supervising recovery housing.
What credentials and location are listed?
Cheryl holds the credential LMFT, listed as MN LMFT, and she practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are offered and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cheryl?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.