Cherie Taylor

Cherie Taylor, LPC, is a licensed counselor in Virginia who helps people manage strong emotions and everyday challenges. She focuses on practical steps that make life feel more manageable. Cherie is experienced with stress, anxiety, depression, and anger, and she pays close attention to how identity and life changes affect wellbeing.

Her work uses clear, goal-oriented methods. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to strengthen relationships and self-understanding.

Cherie has nine years of clinical experience supporting people through grief, trauma, addiction, and career stress. She also addresses concerns like caregiver strain, codependency, and compassion fatigue. Her practice includes attention to issues that often overlap, such as co-morbidity and family of origin difficulties.

Sessions are designed to be collaborative and paced to each person. She works to create straightforward strategies for coping, improved communication, and setting healthy boundaries. People often leave sessions with concrete tools they can use between meetings.

She is attentive to the needs of LGBT clients and to those facing identity-related struggles. Cherie aims to help clients build resilience and clearer direction, whether they are managing a crisis or planning a longer-term path forward.

Online therapy approaches that focus on action and connection

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without being ruled by them and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors feed each other and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with stress, mood problems, and anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how close relationships shape emotional responses and helps people build healthier ways of relating to others and themselves.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences, then suggest approaches to try together. Sessions are collaborative and can blend methods to suit what is most helpful in the moment.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also allows people to keep therapy consistent during transitions or relocation, while the therapist and client focus on practical skills, emotional regulation, and relationship patterns that matter most.