Licensed to practice in California and accepts 47 insurances. Specializes in Self Esteem, Spirituality, Women's Issues and 5 more.
(she/her)
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I have been practicing since 2014. I have worked in multiple treatment settings, including the community mental health setting, substance abuse residential facilities, and private practice. I have worked with various age groups ranging from as young as 5 years old up to later in life years. I pride myself on being a civil minded therapist, and I particularly enjoy working with marginalized populations to guide them in unpacking and healing generational trauma.
I utilize the first therapy session to focus on what you are seeking to address in therapy at this time, how emotional pain has contaminated various areas of your life, from work, to relationships to self care, and establishing expectations for creating a safe therapeutic environment for future sessions. In other words, our first appointment will be a clinical intake assessment; if we believe we will work well together in therapy, we will also discuss future/follow-up appointments.
I utilize an integrated approach by using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Attachment Theory and Psychodynamic modalities to empower my clients to rediscover their authentic self in order to live in their truth and happiness. Insight is the key, it's just not an easy door to unlock.
My ideal client is someone ready to sit in their grief and shame in order to develop self-awareness. With self-awareness, your healing journey can truly begin. This client is ready to become aware that while pain is an inevitable part of life, suffering is not. With the proper skill set and equipped with the insight, generational traumas can be healed.
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Cash - $40 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
IHSS Healthy Workers
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Scripps Health Plan
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Sutter Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Attachment-based
I provide psychoeducation on the four types of attachment styles and how your attachment style is influencing your relationships with others.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
We will utilize the four DBT modules (distress tolerance, mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectivness) to teach you more effective coping skills, how to process difficult emotions and improve your ability to effectively communicate with others.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
I utilize EFT in individual and couple's therapy to highlight the primary emotions which lead to destructive and harmful behaviors
Psychodynamic
Using a trauma informed approach, we establish themes and pathologies impacting your current day to day life due to unresolved, and often times suppressed, early life traumas.
4 ratings with written reviews
March 10, 2026
Cherrie was immediately solution oriented as well as extremely thoughtful in her approach with us. While we have worked with therapists in the past, this was a very different vibe and provided levity, insight, and helpful tools to implement RIGHT AWAY. We both felt heard, seen, and softer when leaving the session. Thank you Cherrie for wrangling us!
July 7, 2025
I appreciated Cherrie's effort to get to the bottom of what I actually need from therapy. Our conversation helped me to realize that it may not be individual therapy that would benefit me the most. I may need more group therapy than anything. She was very warm and empathetic.
July 7, 2025
I love her approach so far