Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
How Sheri works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Sheri
Sheri Pate is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who centers mindfulness and practical strategies in her work. She aims to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and life changes so they can feel more enjoyment and satisfaction. Sheri uses short exercises and guided practices people can try between sessions.
Sheri brings 16 years of clinical experience and a background in counseling psychology to her practice. She combines mindfulness, client-centered listening, and cognitive-behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small experiments that change day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Sessions often include guided imagery, relaxation, and awareness exercises tailored to each person. She also draws on attachment-based and emotionally focused ideas to look at how relationships and early patterns influence current feelings. That perspective helps when working through grief, intimacy-related issues, communication problems, or family-of-origin concerns.
Sheri pays attention to strengths as well as difficulties while keeping goals concrete and achievable. Sheri has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California Lutheran University.
She spent years leading mindfulness, yoga, and meditation groups in person and online, and she continues to use those mind-body practices in sessions. She created a simple tool called Witness Cards to help people notice areas for growth in an easy way.
Sheri focuses on helping people accept where they are, build coping skills for anger and stress, and make gradual changes when they feel ready.
What Sheri works with
Everything Sheri lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Sheri's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sheri lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationship patterns affect current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can use conversations and exercises to notice these patterns, practice new ways of relating, and reduce reactive behaviors such as anger.Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard. In virtual sessions Sheri uses reflective listening and gentle guidance so clients can make sense of their experience and choose changes that fit their life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sheri collaborates with each person to identify goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what helps. The therapist and client decide together which techniques to use and how to pace them.
Online therapy offers flexibility and several ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues for emotionally focused work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or brief skills practice between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and continue progress over time.
Questions people ask about Sheri
What concerns does Sheri help with?
Sheri works with people on stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, coping with life changes, ADHD, relationship and family-related issues, trauma and abuse, grief, and sleep problems among other concerns.
What is Sheri's therapy style like?
She blends mindfulness exercises, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Sessions often include guided imagery, relaxation, and practical tools to try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Sheri has 16 years of clinical experience working with adults and has led mindfulness and meditation groups both in person and online since 2011.
What are Sheri's credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - licensed in California and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Sheri?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.