Cheryl Martin, LMFT
California · 15 years in practice
Cheryl Martin is a California-based licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMFT, California
- 107673 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1215143896 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English, Tagalog
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Cheryl
Cheryl Martin is a California-based licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck by offering a calm, straightforward approach. Cheryl meets people where they are and listens first to understand what matters most to them.
Cheryl draws on a mix of practical methods to address stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She uses client-centered work to follow each person’s priorities, and she brings cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and habits.
Background and approach
Cheryl also uses EMDR to support people who carry the weight of traumatic memories. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Cheryl helps clients identify small, doable steps to improve coping, relationships, and self-esteem.
She also works with people facing parenting strain, career crossroads, separation or divorce, and compassion fatigue from caregiving or demanding jobs. Her background includes long experience in community mental health settings, where she helped people manage crises and rebuild routines. That practical work shaped her direct style and focus on tools that make a day-to-day difference.
Cheryl offers sessions in English and Tagalog and practices across California. She approaches therapy as a partnership where clients set the pace, and she helps tailor methods to each person’s goals and life situation.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cheryl lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
Approaches Cheryl names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Cheryl’s approaches translate to online therapy
Cheryl uses client-centered therapy to prioritize each person’s goals and pace; this approach focuses on listening, reflection, and shaping sessions around what the client wants to address. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits through exercises and practical homework that work well across video and messaging formats. Cheryl also integrates EMDR techniques to address traumatic memories by guiding processing in session when appropriate.Finding the right method is part of the process. Cheryl treats approach selection as a collaborative decision made with the client, based on their needs, goals, and comfort with each technique. Together they try methods, adjust as needed, and set achievable objectives for progress.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and visual connection. Phone calls can fit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth situations. Live chat and messaging are helpful for brief reflections, homework review, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work consistently when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Cheryl focus on?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include relationship and family strain, parenting, career issues, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Cheryl works in a collaborative, client-centered way and uses goal-focused techniques. Sessions are conversational and emphasize practical steps to improve daily functioning and relationships.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and more than 20 years working in community mental health settings, which informs her practical approach to care.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Cheryl is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California. She practices in California and lists that state as her location.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Tagalog.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing and payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cheryl?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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