Cheryl Velasquez, LCSW
North Carolina · 5 years in practice
Cheryl Velasquez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings five years of clinical experience to her practice.
License and registration
- LCSW, North Carolina
- C020069 · expires May 2028
- NPI
- 1689327710 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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 Velasquez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings five years of clinical experience to her practice. She offers steady support to people facing depression, career stress, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Cheryl speaks English and Spanish and is based in North Carolina.
Her style is warm and collaborative. She listens first, then helps clients map small, practical steps forward. Sessions focus on building coping skills, managing stress, and strengthening everyday routines that improve mood and function.
Background and approach
Cheryl has worked in hospitals, outpatient programs, school-based mental health, and community clinics. Those roles gave her experience with a wide range of concerns across different settings and ages. She has also taken on team lead responsibilities while continuing direct clinical work.
In session she uses evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, stress management, and skills drawn from dialectical behavior approaches. Treatment focuses on what helps a person feel steadier and more in control day to day. She pays attention to cultural background and life context when shaping treatment.
Cheryl often supports people through transitions like divorce or career shifts, caregiver stress, aging-related concerns, immigration-related issues, and feelings of isolation. Her goal is to help people build confidence and practical tools for coping. Outside of work she enjoys being in nature, learning about other cultures, and spending time with animals, especially cats.
She frames therapy as a collaborative process where small changes add up over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cheryl lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Online support
Approaches that guide online care
Cheryl uses cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. This approach often helps with depression, anxiety, and work-related stress by turning small experiments into healthier habits.She also draws on mindfulness-based strategies that teach simple attention and breathing practices. These tools can reduce reactivity to strong emotions and improve day-to-day coping when life feels overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Cheryl will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try techniques that fit their needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let a person see facial expressions and do longer sessions. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to keep momentum between sessions or fit short reflections into a busy day. These options help people maintain consistency and make therapy easier to fit into real life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Cheryl focus on?
She focuses on self-esteem, career issues, depression, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, plus related topics like caregiver stress, body image, and isolation.
What is her approach to therapy?
Therapy is collaborative and practical. Cheryl uses evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, stress management, and skills work to help people make concrete changes.
What is her background and experience?
She has five years of clinical experience working in settings like hospitals, outpatient programs, school mental health, and community organizations, and has held team lead roles while providing direct care.
Where is she licensed and located?
Cheryl holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in North Carolina.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for online therapy.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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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