Sherry Farrell , LMFT

Sherry Farrell is a licensed mental health professional with a background in marriage and family therapy and a decade of clinical experience. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology from San Francisco State University and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of San Francisco. After roughly five years working in the field of psychology, she shifted to teaching while raising her children, an experience that broadened her perspective on how children and families function across clinical, educational, and social settings.

Sherry has provided therapy in clinic environments as well as in alternative and mainstream school settings. Her work with children has addressed challenges such as Conduct Disorder, ADHD, depression, social isolation, anxiety, suicidal ideation, abuse, and family stress. She has supported couples and families facing addiction, infidelity, parenting difficulties, mood disorders, physical health challenges, and divorce. Her individual work has focused on anxiety, depression, PTSD, OCD, and navigating life transitions.

Her clinical approach draws from Solution-Focused, Client-Centered, Narrative, Motivational, Existential, and Cognitive Behavioral therapies. She emphasizes building a therapeutic relationship grounded in compassion, understanding, safety, and respect, and sees her role as meeting clients where they are and collaborating to process difficulties and develop strategies that promote positive, lasting change. Sherry is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), which denotes specialized training in family and relational mental health.

Approaches Sherry Uses and How Online Therapy Helps

Sherry integrates Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy and a nonjudgmental stance to help clients explore feelings and strengthen self-understanding, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients set concrete goals and identify practical steps toward change, often useful for navigating transitions and immediate stressors.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Sherry works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors strategies based on each person’s circumstances and revises the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy for Sherry’s practice can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier for clients to access consistent support from licensed professionals without rearranging their whole day, helping therapy fit into real-life routines while maintaining continuity of care.