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Sherry Farrell, LMFT

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Sherry

Sherry Farrell is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California who blends practical techniques with a warm, collaborative stance.

Background and approach

With a decade of clinical experience and graduate training in counseling psychology, she draws on work in clinics and schools as well as time teaching while raising her family to inform a flexible, real-world approach.

Sherry uses evidence-based methods to help clients manage stress, anxiety, mood disorders, relationship struggles, trauma, addictions, grief, and concerns such as ADHD and parenting challenges. She frames therapy as a partnership that emphasizes compassion, respect, and mutual problem solving.

In sessions she integrates client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral strategies and solution-focused planning to build concrete skills and new perspectives. Her background includes supporting children with behavioral and emotional challenges, assisting couples and families through infidelity, addiction, and divorce, and working with individuals facing PTSD, OCD, life transitions, and chronic stress.

Sherry aims to meet clients where they are and develop tailored strategies that promote lasting change and greater resilience.

Integrating Practical Approaches in Online Therapy

Sherry often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients' experiences are heard and explored; this approach helps people clarify values, build self-awareness, and regain confidence when facing relationship or identity concerns. She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood symptoms, and stress, which can be especially useful for clients coping with ADHD-related challenges or persistent worry.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. Sherry treats approach selection as a collaborative process, adjusting methods based on a client's goals, preferences, and responses in early sessions so that the plan fits the person rather than forcing a single method onto every issue.

Online therapy with Sherry is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to continue therapy through life transitions, coordinate with family or work commitments, and maintain momentum between sessions while still focusing on practical strategies and meaningful progress.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist address?
Sherry focuses on a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and family challenges, grief, intimacy and self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other concerns.
What is Sherry's therapeutic approach and style?
She blends client-centered listening with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques, using a collaborative, compassionate style to help clients develop practical strategies and new perspectives.
How much professional experience does she have?
Sherry brings 10 years of clinical experience, including work in clinics and both mainstream and alternative school settings combined with time spent teaching and raising children.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
The therapist holds the credential LMFT and is licensed in California with license number CA LMFT 37204.
Which languages are available for sessions and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English, and Sherry is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and payments handled for therapy?
Fees vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to Sherry's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English

What Sherry can help with

Sherry Farrell works with clients on stress and anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and depression.

Sherry works with children struggling with Conduct Disorder.

Sherry works with couples, families, and couples and families facing addiction.

How Sherry approaches therapy

Sherry's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy.

Experience and training

Sherry is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in California, with 10 years of clinical experience.