Cheri Pfeiffer , LCSW

Cheri Pfeiffer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 16 years of professional experience supporting adults through difficult transitions and emotional challenges. She regularly works with people experiencing stress and anxiety and helps those navigating grief, loss, and depression. Her practice also focuses on adults who are coping with major life changes, including new medical diagnoses and terminal illness.

Cheri has worked with LGBT adults throughout her career and affirms the needs of the LGBTQ community. She aims to build therapeutic relationships that allow individuals to explore their feelings and circumstances with respect and empathy. As a clinician she approaches counseling as a collaboration - she recognizes that each person is the expert on their own life and works alongside them to identify goals and practical steps forward.

Taking the first step toward counseling often takes courage, and Cheri invites people to engage in a process of thoughtful reflection and problem solving. Her approach emphasizes listening, validation, and helping clients develop tools to manage day-to-day concerns and longer-term adjustments.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care

Cheri draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that help people manage upsetting thoughts, reduce anxious reactions, and develop practical coping skills for daily life. One approach focuses on building concrete strategies and skills to address stress and anxiety - teaching ways to identify unhelpful patterns and replace them with more effective responses to triggers and overwhelm. Another common focus is grief and loss work, which aims to support emotional processing, meaning-making, and adjustment when facing bereavement, medical diagnoses, or other major life changes. These approaches emphasize observable, research-supported methods tailored to each person’s situation.

Finding the right method is part of the therapeutic process, and Cheri works collaboratively with clients to determine which techniques align best with their needs, goals, and preferences. She helps clients experiment with different strategies and refines the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow clients to access licensed professionals from different locations, fit therapy into busy schedules, and maintain continuity of care when in-person sessions are not feasible.