Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
How Cheryl works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Connecticut
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Cheryl
Cheryl Curtiss is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 30 years of experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, anger, parenting concerns, and life transitions. Cheryl aims to make the first step feel manageable and respects the courage it takes to begin.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for clients to talk through thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage strong emotions and improve day-to-day coping.
Background and approach
Conversations are direct but warm, and Cheryl works at a pace each person finds comfortable. Cheryl draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma, grief, depression, and intimacy concerns. She helps people sort through family problems, blended family issues, and the fallout of separation or infidelity.
Practical strategies for mood disorders, postpartum depression, and hoarding are part of her toolkit when relevant. Her work also covers career stress, self-esteem struggles, multicultural concerns, and coping after loss. Cheryl pays attention to patterns that come from family of origin and abandonment experiences.
She guides clients toward clearer choices and more manageable daily routines. Sessions are offered from her Connecticut practice in English. Cheryl explains the process, answers questions, and partners with each person to set realistic goals.
She aims to help people feel steadier and more able to handle the next steps in their lives.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Cheryl uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on managing emotions and improving daily functioning. One common approach she draws on teaches practical skills for recognizing and responding to strong feelings, useful for anger, anxiety, and mood concerns. Another approach centers on processing difficult life events like grief, trauma, or separation by helping people make sense of what happened and find manageable next steps.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl collaborates with each person to understand their goals, symptoms, and preferences, then adjusts techniques to fit the individual's needs. The plan can evolve as progress is made and priorities change.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow visual cues and a fuller conversation, phone sessions can be a good lower-bandwidth option, and messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep regular contact while working toward change.
Questions people ask about Cheryl
What concerns does Cheryl help with?
She supports people through stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, parenting and relationship challenges. Additional focuses include trauma, eating issues, and family problems.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space and works in a practical, conversational way. Sessions focus on managing emotions and finding realistic steps forward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns from mood disorders to intimacy issues. That background shapes her steady, experienced approach.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Connecticut licensed marriage and family therapist, listed as LMFT, and practices in Connecticut.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for working together.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.