How Cherish works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cherish
Cherish Krisciunas is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship struggles. She brings a calm, respectful presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Cherish uses a client-centered, collaborative style.
She listens first, then helps clients set clear, realistic goals. Sessions aim to balance understanding feelings with learning tools that change everyday behavior. Her work draws on several approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally focused ideas about attachment and connection.
Background and approach
Those methods are used to address anger, communication problems, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and complicated family or relationship patterns. Cherish pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions and focuses on building skills to respond differently in triggering moments.
Practical coping strategies are paired with gentle reflection. Clients leave sessions with exercises for managing impulses, improving communication, and navigating difficult emotions. Cherish helps people track progress and adjust plans as goals evolve.
What Cherish works with
Everything Cherish lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Cherish's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cherish lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking actions that match your values. It can help with anxiety, anger, and major life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for stress, depression, and impulsivity. Emotionally-Focused ideas highlight attachment and connection, helping people understand relationship patterns and improve communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Cherish will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and comfort level. She combines techniques as needed and checks in regularly to see what is helping and what should change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video is useful for full conversations and exercises, phone calls can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports shorter updates or coaching-style notes between sessions. These options help people keep continuity and flexibility while they practice new skills.
Questions people ask about Cherish
What issues does Cherish treat?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship and family concerns, anger, depression, and related issues such as caregiver stress and isolation.
What is her therapy style like?
She practices a client-centered and collaborative approach that mixes acceptance, cognitive behavioral tools, and emotion-focused work to create practical change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience supporting people through anxiety, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as FL LCSW, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She meets over video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment 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 her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.