Cheryl Scott

Cheryl Scott is a Florida-licensed Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience helping people who feel stuck by anxiety, stress, relationship problems, or the lingering effects of past hurts. She speaks plainly and offers direct, respectful guidance aimed at breaking unhelpful patterns. Many clients come for help with self-esteem, depression, and family-related concerns, including issues common to women.

Cheryl uses practical strategies to change thinking and behavior that get in the way of day-to-day functioning. She blends cognitive and behavioral methods with mindfulness and solution-focused tools to build skills people can use right away. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques appear in her work when people need help with emotional regulation and strong reactions.

She is also comfortable including faith and scripture in sessions when a client wants that perspective, and will otherwise rely on secular approaches. Hypnotherapy is among the methods she lists and may be used alongside other practices when appropriate.

Her style is straightforward rather than overly gentle; she aims to challenge unhelpful thinking while treating people with respect. Cheryl often focuses on attachment and codependency themes when relationships are a central concern, and she helps people facing divorce, forgiveness questions, or deep shame and guilt.

Cheryl works with English-speaking clients in Florida and accepts international clients. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How Cheryl’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Cheryl draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful thinking, test new behaviors, and manage strong emotions. CBT focuses on identifying and changing thought patterns that feed anxiety and depression, while DBT adds skills for emotion regulation and tolerating distress when reactions feel overwhelming.

She also uses mindfulness therapy to help people build awareness of thought and body sensations, which supports emotional balance and reduces rumination. These approaches are practical and skills-based, so exercises and short practices can be done between sessions and reviewed together.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative part of the work. Cheryl will discuss options with each person, consider goals and preferences, and adapt methods over time. She aims to match methods to what a person needs rather than pushing one fixed style.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow work on skills between meetings. It can also offer flexibility for people in different locations, which may suit those who live outside the therapist's immediate area.