About Cheryl
Cheryl Leong is a California-based licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience. She brings a warm, honest manner and practical tools to brief therapy.
Background and approach
Her sessions focus on clear goals and useful skills people can use right away. Cheryl centers mindfulness in many conversations, helping people notice patterns and respond more calmly.
She mixes that with down-to-earth strategies that aim to make daily life easier. Sessions are typically brief and goal-oriented, suited to people looking for short-term support and coaching.
Her work includes support around relationship concerns, ADHD, life transitions, and LGBT matters. She also pays attention to multicultural issues and the stresses that can come from navigating different cultural expectations.
Cheryl aims to make space for each person’s background while keeping sessions focused and practical. In meetings she checks in about what a person hopes to change and tailors tools to those goals.
That can mean skill practice, communication techniques, or guided mindfulness exercises. The overall aim is to leave people with clearer next steps and strategies they can try between sessions.
Cheryl is straightforward about short-term care. She helps people get concrete gains in a few sessions when possible, and she supports planning for longer work when needed.
Her approach balances compassion with practical coaching so people walk away with real options.
How Cheryl’s Approaches Work Online
Cheryl uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that get in the way of goals. CBT sessions often include specific exercises and homework to practice new skills between meetings.She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to help people build awareness of emotions and bodily sensations. Mindfulness techniques in session can reduce reactivity and make it easier to try different responses in real life.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Cheryl will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. She stays flexible and adjusts strategies based on what is most useful for the person over time.
Online formats like video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text can be used for shorter check-ins, quick coaching, or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different ways of connecting as needs change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Coping with life changes
Also works with
- ADHD
- Coaching
- Multicultural concerns
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English